The arabidopsis ACT11 actin gene is strongly expressed in tissues of the emerging inflorescence, pollen, and developing ovules

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 125-139

  Huang, Shurong ^a   An, Yong Qiang ^b   McDowell, John M ^c   McKinney, Elizabeth C ^b   Meagher, Richard B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; cytoskeleton; embryo; hypocotyl; plant; reproduction; stem carpel

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DARKNESS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DARKNESS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEEDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0031051671     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005741514764     Document Type: Article

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