Expression of the Brazil nut methionine-rich protein and mutants with increased methionine in transgenic potato

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 829-838

  Tu, Helen M ^a   Godfrey, Lynn W ^a   Sun, Samuel S M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Brazil nut 2S protein; Expression; Methionine; Potato; Transgenic plants; Tubers

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; CHIMERIC GENE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CULTIVAR; DNA TRANSFER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; MUTANT; NOPALINE DEHYDROGENASE; NUT; PLANT LEAF; POTATO; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TUBER;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAULIMOVIRUS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; METHIONINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; NUTS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM; BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA; EMBRYOPHYTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0032125858     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006098524887     Document Type: Article

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