Differential regulation of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase gene family and its role in phenotypic plasticity in Stellaria longipes

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 265-274

  Kathiresan, Arumugam ^a   Nagarathna, K C ^a   Moloney, Maurice M ^a   Reid, David M ^a   Chinnappa, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

1 aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylic acid synthase (gene, mRNA); Ecotype; Photoperiod; Plasticity; Stellaria; Temperature

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE; 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE; LYASE; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PLANT; LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EMBRYOPHYTA; STELLARIA; STELLARIA LONGIPES;

EID: 0031909339     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005994118535     Document Type: Article

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