Structure of two maize phytase genes and their spatio-temporal expression during seedling development

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 503-514

  Maugenest, Sébastien ^a,b   Martinez, Isabelle ^a,b   Godin, Béatrice ^a,b   Perez, Pascual ^a,b   Lescure, Anne Marie ^a,b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b BIOCEM Groupe Limagrain ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Genomic sequences; Seedling phytase; Spatio temporal gene expression; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GERMINATION; IMMUNOANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYTASE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS;

6-PHYTASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GERMINATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033083360     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006131506193     Document Type: Article

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