Molecular cloning and expression analysis of a gene for a sucrose transporter in maize (Zea mays L.)

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1072-1078

  Aoki, Naohiro ^a   Hirose, Tatsuro ^b   Takahashi, Sakiko ^c   Ono, Kiyomi ^c   Ishimaru, Ken ^c   Ohsugi, Ryu ^d  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b National Agricultural Research Center   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d Agric Forest/Fish Res Council   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Leaf blade; Soluble sugars; Sucrose transporter; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLANT REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SUCROSE; SUCROSE TRANSPORTER;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033213375     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029489     Document Type: Article

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