Arabidopsis thaliana contains a large family of germin-like proteins: Characterization of cDNA and genomic sequences encoding 12 unique family members

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 929-943

  Carter, Clay ^a   Graham, Richard A ^a   Thornburg, Robert W ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Germin; Germin like proteins; Multigene family; Oxalate oxidase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GERMIN LIKE PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLATION; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GENOME; POLYADENYLATION; POLYUBIQUITIN 4 GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, PLANT; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PLANT PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRITICUM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032435630     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006038117130     Document Type: Article

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