Molecular cloning and expression of two cDNAs encoding asparagine synthetase in soybean

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 301-311

  Hughes, Cleo A ^a,b   Beard, Hunter S ^a   Matthews, Benjamin F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

asparagine; asparagine synthetase; cDNA clone; complementation; gene expression; Glycine max

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMMONIA LIGASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOYBEAN; VEGETABLE;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ASPARTATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEAS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOYBEANS; VEGETABLES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ASPARAGUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCINE MAX; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0030935928     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005784202450     Document Type: Article

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