Cloning of a cDNA for a chitinase homologue which lacks chitin-binding sites and is down-regulated by water stress and wounding

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 693-699

  Chang, Shujung ^a   Puryear, Jeff ^b   Funkhouser, Edward A ^b   Newton, Ronald J ^b   Cairney, John ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5' untranslated region; chitinase; loblolly pine; stress responsive genes

Indexed keywords

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0030175283     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00042242     Document Type: Article

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