Characterization and expression of plasma and tonoplast membrane aquaporins in primed seed of Brassica napus during germination under stress conditions

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 635-644

  Gao, Yong Ping ^a   Young, Lester ^b   Bonham Smith, Peta ^b   Gusta, Lawrence V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Department of Biology ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Canola; Gene expression; Germination; Priming; Salt and osmotic stresses

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; AQUAPORIN; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; ENZYME METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; MEMBRANE INTRINSIC PROTEIN; SEED DEVELOPMENT; STRESS TOLERANCE; TONOPLAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AQUAPORINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA; CELL MEMBRANE; COLD; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GERMINATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS;

EID: 0033167218     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006212216876     Document Type: Article

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