Nitrogen and hormonal responsiveness of the 22 kDa α-zein and b32 genes in maize endosperm is displayed in the absence of the transcriptional regulator opaque-2

Plant Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 281-291

  Müller, Martin ^a,c   Dues, Gisbert ^a,d   Balconi, Carlotta ^b   Salamini, Francesco ^a   Thompson, Richard D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura   (Italy)

^c LBP Bayerische Landesanstalt F B   (Germany)

^d Max Delbruck Laboratorium der Max Planck Gesellschaft   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; NITROGEN; OPAQUE 2 PROTEIN, ZEA MAYS; OPAQUE-2 PROTEIN, ZEA MAYS; PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ABSCISIC ACID; ACETIC ACIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYCLOPENTANES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; HOMOZYGOTE; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEA MAYS; ZEIN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031213920     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.12020281.x     Document Type: Article

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