Actin genes with unusual organization in the parasitic angiosperm Striga asiatica L. (Kuntze)

Gene

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 127-133

  Florea, Christa S ^a   Timko, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeletal proteins; Exon intron structure; Haustorium; Parasitic plant evolution; Witchweed

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HIGHER PLANT; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA;

EID: 0031579417     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00695-6     Document Type: Article

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