An endochitinase gene expressed at high levels in the stylar transmitting tissue of tomatoes

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 899-911

  Harikrishna, K ^a   Jampates Beale, Rachanee ^b   Milligan, Stephen B ^a   Gasser, Charles S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Flowering; Gene expression; Pathogenesis related protein; Plant reproduction; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILKWORM; TOMATO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030097160     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020802     Document Type: Article

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