Isolation of a full-length cDNA encoding calreticulin from a PCR library of in vitro zygotes of maize

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-34

  Dresselhaus, Thomas ^a   Hagel, Christine ^a   Lörz, Horst ^a   Kranz, Erhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

calcium binding; cell division; endoplasmic reticulum; NLS; RT PCR; signal peptide

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030130430     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020603     Document Type: Article

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