Cloning and secondary structure analysis of caleosin, a unique calcium-binding protein in oil bodies of plant seeds

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1079-1086

  Chen, Jeff C F ^a   Tsai, Corinne C Y ^a   Tzen, Jason T C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Caleosin; Oil body; Proline knot; Seed; Sesame

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; CALEOSIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONOLAYER; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLEOSIN; PLANT GENOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SESAME; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 0033213638     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029490     Document Type: Article

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