Regulated expression of a wheat germin gene in tobacco: Oxalate oxidase activity and apoplastic localization of the heterologous protein

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 417-429

  Berna, Anne ^a   Bernier, François ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

Author keywords

apoplast; auxin; cell wall; germin; oxalate oxidase

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; GERMIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXALATE OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GERMINATION; GLUCURONIDASE; GLYCOPROTEINS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEEDS; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRITICUM;

EID: 0031081434     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005745015962     Document Type: Article

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