Structure of a Polyubiquitin Gene in Nicotiana tabacum

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 107-112

  Park, Soo Min ^a   Kim, Jin Hyun ^a   Hong, Choo Bong ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Genomic clone; Nicotiana tabacum; Polyubquitin; TUQG 2

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; POLYUBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; GENE; GENETICS; INTRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; TOBACCO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPOLYMERS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENES, PLANT; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, TOXIC; POLYUBIQUITIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOBACCO; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 0032573996     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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