Characterization of the subtilase gene family in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 749-760

  Meichtry, Jurka ^a   Amrhein, Nikolaus ^a   Schaller, Andreas ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Absence of introns; Gene family; Kexin; Plant protease; Subtilase; Tomato

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRON; MESSENGER RNA; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLANT GENETICS; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBTILISINS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033104085     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006193414434     Document Type: Article

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