Molecular cloning of a novel fimbrin-like cDNA from Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-31

  McCurdy, David W ^a   Kim, Misook ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actin binding protein; Arabidopsis thaliana; Cytoskeleton; Fimbrin like; Molecular cloning

Indexed keywords

CROSS LINKING; FIMBRIN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLANT GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031882005     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005884112192     Document Type: Article

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