Structure and evolution of the actin gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana

Genetics

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 587-602

  McDowell, John M ^a   Huang, Shurong ^b   McKinney, Elizabeth C ^c   An, Yong Qiang ^c   Meagher, Richard B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION; GENOME, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0030019558     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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