A gene encoding 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase produces two transcripts: Elucidation of a conserved response

Plant Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 573-581

  Peck, Scott C ^a,b   Kende, Hans ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANE 1 CARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHYLENE; HYBRIDIZATION; INDOLEACETIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; INTRONS; LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032104696     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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