Clustered genes within the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana encoding pectin methylesterase-like enzymes

Gene

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-211

  Richard, Luc ^a   Qin, Li Xian ^b   Goldberg, Renée ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCES PARIS SACLAY IPS2   (France)

Author keywords

Cell expansion; Cell wall; Growth; Intron; Isoenzyme; Phytopathogenesis; Plant development; Secretion

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; ISOENZYME; PECTIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC LINKAGE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0029920652     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00766-0     Document Type: Article

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