Molecular cloning and characterization of the CER2 gene of Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-145

  Negruk, Valentin ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Subramanian, Mohan ^a   McNevin, John P ^a,b   Lemieux, Bertrand ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b 1D Biomedical   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

PRIMER DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WAX;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT SHOOTS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WAXES;

EID: 0030087885     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.09020137.x     Document Type: Article

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