Intraspecific variability of the tandem repeats in Nicotiana putrescine N-methyltransferases

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-37

  Hashimoto, Takashi ^a   Shoji, Tsubasa ^a   Mihara, Taku ^a   Oguri, Hideo ^a   Tamaki, Katsutomo ^a   Suzuki, Ken Ichi ^a   Yamada, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetic instability; Nicotiana; Putrescine N methyltransferase; Tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

CLONED GENE; PLANT GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUTRESCINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; GENOMIC LIBRARY; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, TOXIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOLANACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ATROPA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYOSCYAMUS; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA SYLVESTRIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0032080948     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005961122814     Document Type: Article

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