Cloning and molecular characterization of an Arabidopsis thaliana RING zinc finger gene expressed preferentially during seed development

Gene

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 291-295

  Zou, Jitao ^a   Taylor, David C ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

A RZF; cDNA; Differential expression; RING zinc finger protein; Seed development

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0030768622     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00258-8     Document Type: Article

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