Identification of a maize endosperm-specific cDNA encoding farnesyl pyrophosphate synthetase

Gene

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-196

  Li, Chun Ping ^a   Larkins, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Gene expression; Prenyltransferase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE NUMBER; MAIZE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0029971880     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00880-2     Document Type: Article

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