Isolation by PCR of a cDNA clone from pea petals with similarity to petunia and wheat zinc finger proteins

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1051-1058

  Michael, Anthony J ^a,b   Hofer, Julie M I ^a,b   Noel Ellis, T H ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degenerate oligonucleotide; Pea petal; RACE PCR; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EPF1 PROTEIN, PLANT; PSZF1 PROTEIN, PISUM SATIVUM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEAS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRITICUM; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0030098979     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020815     Document Type: Article

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