The isolation of a novel metallothionein-related cDNA expressed in somatic and zygotic embryos of Douglas-fir: Regulation by ABA, osmoticum, and metal ions

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 243-254

  Chatthai, Malinee ^a   Kaukinen, Karia H ^a   Tranbarger, Timothy J ^a   Gupta, Pramod K ^b   Misra, Santosh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

ABA; Douglas fir; Embryogenesis; Metal ions; Metallothionein like genes; Osmoticum

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HEAVY METAL; METALLOTHIONEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TREE; ZYGOTE;

ABSCISIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREES; ZYGOTE;

ABIES; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; ARABIDOPSIS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0031148691     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005839832096     Document Type: Article

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