Molecular characterization of a gene for alanine aminotransferase from rice (Oryza sativa)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 149-159

  Kikuchi, Hidehiko ^a   Hirose, Sakiko ^a   Toki, Seiichi ^a   Akama, Kazuhito ^b   Takaiwa, Fumio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Gene expression; GUS expression; Promoter

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CDNA LIBRARY; CLONE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATURATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLANT GENETICS; REPORTER GENE; SEED DEVELOPMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0033063862     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006156214716     Document Type: Article

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