Lysine-rich modified γ-zeins accumulate in protein bodies of transiently transformed maize endosperms

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 139-149

  Torrent, Margarita ^a   Alvarez, Iñaki ^a   Geli, M Isabel ^a,b   Dalcol, Ionara ^c   Ludevid, Dolors ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

zein gene; endosperm specific expression; lysine rich zein; maize endosperm transient transformation

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; LYSINE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZEIN;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYSINE; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEEDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS; ZEIN;

EID: 0030944660     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005889314967     Document Type: Article

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