The Maize γ-Zein Sequesters α-Zein and Stabilizes Its Accumulation in Protein Bodies of Transgenic Tobacco Endosperm

Plant Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2335-2345

  Coleman, Craig E ^a,c   Herman, Eliot M ^b   Takasaki, Koichi ^a,d   Larkins, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TOKYO GAS CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ZEA MAYS;

ZEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PLASMID; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; SEEDS; ZEA MAYS; ZEIN;

EID: 0030339563     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.12.2335     Document Type: Article

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