Characterization of a germin-like protein gene expressed in somatic and zygotic embryos of pine (Pinus caribaea Morelet)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1179-1190

  Neutelings, Godfrey ^a   Domon, Jean Marc ^a   Membré, Nathalie ^b   Bernier, François ^b   Meyer, Yves ^c   David, Alain ^a   David, Hélène ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^b INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Apoplast; cDNA cloning; Conifer embryogenesis; Gene expression; Germin like proteins; Pinus caribaea

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CDNA LIBRARY; DNA ISOLATION; EMBRYOGENIC LINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOMIC CLONE; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; GERMIN LIKE PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLATION; HYBRIDIZATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; ZYGOTIC EMBRYO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TREES; ZYGOTE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PINUS CARIBAEA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032406091     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006033622928     Document Type: Article

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