Sequencing, expression pattern and RFLP mapping of a senescence-enhanced cDNA from Zea mays with high homology to oryzain γ and aleurain

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 815-821

  Griffiths, Catherine M ^a   Hosken, Sally E ^a   Oliver, Duncan ^b   Chojecki, Jan ^b   Thomas, Howard ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cysteine proteinase; Gene expression; Leaf senescence; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ALEURAIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAIZE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RICE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HORDEUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; ZEA MAYS;

HORDEUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031193642     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005896713830     Document Type: Article

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