A major cysteine proteinase, EPB, in germinating barley seeds: Structure of two intronless genes and regulation of expression

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-254

  Mikkonen, Anita ^a,b   Porali, Ilkka ^b   Cercos, Manuel ^a,c   Ho, Tuan Hua David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

Author keywords

ABA; cysteine proteinase; GA; gene structure and expression; Hordeum vulgare; seed germination

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; VIGNA MUNGO;

EID: 0030152393     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00021787     Document Type: Article

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