Seed-specific expression patterns and regulation by ABI3 of an unusual late embryogenesis-abundant gene in sunflower

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 615-627

  Prieto Dapena, Pilar ^a   Almoguera, Concepcion ^a   Rojas, Anabel ^a   Jordano, Juan ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ABI3 transcription factor; Abscisic acid (ABA); Group 1 late embryogenesis abundant gene (Lea); Intron size; Palisade parenchyma; Seed desiccation

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; DESICCATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRON; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT GENETICS; SUNFLOWER;

ABSCISIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HELIANTHUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 0033082783     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006178220289     Document Type: Article

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