A novel MT gene of rice plants is strongly expressed in the node portion of the stem

Gene

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-35

  Yu, Li Hua ^a,b   Umeda, Masaaki ^a   Liu, Jin Yuan ^b   Zhao, Nan Ming ^b   Uchimiya, Hirofumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Metallothionein; Oryza sativa L.

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COPPER ION; IRON; LEAD; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; PLANT DNA; ZINC ION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA LIBRARY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; HUMANS; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STEMS; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0032484646     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00577-5     Document Type: Article

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