The ltk gene family encodes novel receptor-like kinases with temporal expression in developing maize endosperm

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 749-761

  Li, Zhaohui ^a   Wurtzel, Eleanore T ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Disease; Endosperm; Kinase; Maize; Receptor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENDOSPERM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ISOLATION; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT; MAIZE; MATURATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PROLINE RICH REGION; PUTATIVE PROTEIN DEGRADATION TARGET SEQUENCE; RECEPTOR LIKE KINASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SERINE RICH REGION; SERINE; THREONINE; TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN KINASES; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032127112     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006012530241     Document Type: Article

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