The late pollen-specific actins in angiosperms

Plant Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 681-691

  Kandasamy, Muthugapatti K ^a   McKinney, Elizabeth C ^a   Meagher, Richard B ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL DETECTION; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; POLLEN; RECOMBINANT GENE;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ARABIDOPSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPITOPE MAPPING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLLEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EPHEDRA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0033150502     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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