Expression of a sulfur-rich maize seed storage protein, δ-zein, in white clover (Trifolium repens) to improve forage quality

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 435-448

  Sharma, Shashi B ^a   Hancock, Kerrie R ^a   Baling, Paul M ^b   White, Derek W R ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forage quality; HA epitope; Seed storage protein; Transgenic white clover; Zein

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INHERITANCE; KANAMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; N TERMINAL SEQUENCING; NOPALINE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEED STORAGE PROTEIN; SULFUR RICH PROTEIN; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ZEIN;

DNA SEQUENCES; GENE ENCODING; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SEED; SULFUR; TRANSCRIPTION; VIRUSES;

CLOVER-LEAF; FORAGE QUALITY; HA EPITOPE; MAIZE SEEDS; SEED STORAGE PROTEINS; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS; TRANSGENIC WHITE CLOVER; TRANSGENICS; WATER SOLUBLE PROTEIN; WHITE CLOVER;

EPITOPES;

TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0031735651     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009656002068     Document Type: Article

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