Structure, expression and chromosomal localisation of the metallothionein-like gene family of tomato

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 701-714

  Giritch, Anatoli ^a,b   Ganal, Martin ^a   Stephan, Udo W ^a   Bäumlein, Helmut ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Gene family; Gene regulation; Heavy metals; Metallothionein; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; DETOXIFICATION; DIAMIDE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HEAVY METAL; IRON DEFICIENCY; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR MAPPING; MUTANT; PLANT GENETICS; TOMATO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIAMIDE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; IRON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032128045     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006001701919     Document Type: Article

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