Characterization of three distinct cDNA clones encoding cysteine proteinases from maize (Zea mays L.) callus

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-119

  Pechan, Tibor ^a   Jiang, Binghua ^c   Steckler, David ^a   Ye, Lijun ^d   Lin, Lei ^a   Luthe, Dawn S ^a   Williams, W Paul ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS Corn Host Plant Resistance Research Unit   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ERFNIN motif; Phylogenetic tree; Signal peptide; Thiol protease

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CALLUS CULTURE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CDNA LIBRARY; CLONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; GENE MAPPING; INBRED LINE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ORYZAIN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; PROTOZOA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033136476     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026494813936     Document Type: Article

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