Evidence for factors regulating transfer cell-specific expression in maize endosperm

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 403-414

  Hueros, Gregorio ^a,b   Royo, Joaquin ^b   Maitz, Monika ^a   Salamini, Francesco ^a   Thompson, Richard D ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

BETL; Endosperm; Maize; Promoter; Transfer cell

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRIDIZATION; MAIZE; PLANT GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DEFENSINS; DIRECT LYTIC FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEA MAYS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033213224     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006331707605     Document Type: Article

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