The eEF1A gene family is differentially expressed in maize endosperm

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 801-814

  Carneiro, Newton P ^a   Hughes, Peter A ^b   Larkins, Brian A ^c  

^a EMBRAPA MILHO E SORGO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

eEF1A; Endosperm; Gene family; Maize; opaque2

Indexed keywords

CDNA LIBRARY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA SCREENING; ENDOSPERM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MAIZE; MUTANT; PLANT GENETICS; WILD RELATIVE;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PLANT SEED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PLANTS; RNA, PLANT; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033233408     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006391207980     Document Type: Article

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