Accumulation of a sulphur-rich seed albumin from sunflower in the leaves of transgenic subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.)

Transgenic Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 179-185

  Rafiqul, M ^a   Khan, I ^a   Ceriotti, Aldo ^a   Tabe, Linda ^a   Aryan, Arun ^a   McNabb, Warren ^a   Moore, Andrew ^a   Craig, Stuart ^a   Spencer, Donald ^a   Higgins, Thomas J V ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leaf expression; Seed protein gene; Sulphur rich protein; Transgenic subterranean clover

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; HELIANTHUS; OVIS ARIES; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEUM;

ALBUMINOID; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE; GENETICS; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ALBUMINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FABACEAE; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SEEDS;

EID: 0030138048     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01969707     Document Type: Article

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