Two ways of legumin-precursor processing in conifers. Characterization and evolutionary relationships of Metasequoia cDNAs representing two divergent legumin gene subfamilies

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 763-771

  Häger, Klaus Peter ^a   Wind, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gymnosperms; Legumin; Metasequoia; Post translational processing; Seed storage protein

Indexed keywords

AVENIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; METASEQUOIA; METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES; SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 0030916393     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00763.x     Document Type: Article

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