A new arabinogalactan protein-like gene expressed in the pollen of alfalfa

Plant Science

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-47

  Qiu, Xiao ^a,b   Wu, Yongzhong ^a   Du, Sarah ^a   Erickson, Larry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell wall protein; Medicago sativa; Microgametogenesis; Promoter

Indexed keywords

ARABINOGALACTAN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLLEN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ALFALFA; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HYDROPHOBICITY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0030976733     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(97)04576-7     Document Type: Article

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