Organization and expression of genes in the genomic region surrounding the glutamine synthetase gene Gln1 from Lotus japonicus

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 255, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 628-636

  Thykjaer T ^a   Danielsen, D ^a   She, Q ^a   Stougaard, J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Genome analysis; Glutamine synthetase; Kinesin light chain; Legumes; Retrotransposon

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; KINESIN; REPETITIVE DNA; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; LEGUME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, PLANT; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; KINESIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETROELEMENTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS;

EID: 0030881940     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050537     Document Type: Article

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