Identification and characterization of T3/T7 bacteriophage-like RNA polymerase sequences in wheat

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 567-578

  Ikeda, Tatsuya M ^a   Gray, Michael W ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; RNA polymerase; Transcription; Wheat

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CDNA LIBRARY; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE T3; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENES, PLANT; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRITICUM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033167044     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006203928189     Document Type: Article

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