Characterization of anther-expressed genes encoding a major class of extracellular oleosin-like proteins in the pollen coat of Brassicaceae

Plant Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 625-637

  Ross, Joanne H E ^a   Murphy, Denis J ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICACEAE; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRASSICA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030137696     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.9050625.x     Document Type: Article

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