The Arabidopsis ACT7 Actin Gene is Expressed in Rapidly Developing Tissues and Responds to Several External Stimuli

Plant Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 699-711

  McDowell, John M ^a   An, Yong Qiang ^b   Huang, Shurong ^c   McKinney, Elizabeth C ^b   Meagher, Richard B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHYTOHORMONE; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TATA BOX;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PLANT; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030188522     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.3.699     Document Type: Article

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