Differential expression of two spermidine synthase genes during early fruit development and in vegetative tissues of pea

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 933-943

  Alabadí, David ^a   Carbonell, Juan ^a  

^a Universitat Politècnica de València   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cloning; Fruit development; Gene expression; Pea; Polyamine; Spermidine synthase

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; PEA; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ENZYME INDUCTION; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEAS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033103050     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006158819849     Document Type: Article

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