The isolation and characterisation of type II metallothionein-like genes from tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 503-511

  Whitelaw, C A ^a,b   Le Huquet, J A ^a   Thurman, D A ^a   Tomsett, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Physiol and Environ Sci   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethylene responsive element; G box like motif; Lycopersicon esculentum; metallothionein gene; plant metallothionein; tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; TOMATO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; ETHYLENES; GENES, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0030614906     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005769121822     Document Type: Article

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