A class III acidic endochitinase is specifically expressed in the developing seeds of soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 407-415

  Yeboah, Nana Asare ^b   Arahira, Masaomi ^b   Nong, Van Hai ^a,b   Zhang, Deyu ^b   Kadokura, Kazunari ^b   Watanabe, Akira ^b   Fukazawa, Chikafusa ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

C terminal extension; cDNA cloning; Class III acidic endochitinase; Glycine max; Protein sequence; Seed specific expression

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; CHITINASE, CLASS III; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOYBEAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITINASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOYBEANS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; GLYCINE MAX; SESBANIA;

EID: 0032005918     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005921104288     Document Type: Article

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