Differential expression of a polygalacturonase gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 261, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 948-952

  Torki, M ^a,b   Mandaron, P ^a   Thomas, F ^a,c   Quigley, F ^a   Mache, R ^a   Falconet, D ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Laboratoire de Neuro Biophysique   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cell wall; Gene expression; Gene family; Polygalacturonase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PLANT DNA; POLYGALACTURONASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYGALACTURONASE;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032766553     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051042     Document Type: Article

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