Transgenic barley expressing a fungal xylanase gene in the endosperm of the developing grains

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-124

  Patel, Minesh ^a   Johnson, Jennifer S ^a   Brettell, Richard I S ^a   Jacobsen, Jake ^a   Xue, Gang Ping ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endosperm; Expression; Feed enzyme; Seed storage protein; Transgenic barley; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; ENDOSPERM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GRAIN; PROMOTER REGION; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; STABLE TRANSFECTION; STORAGE PROTEIN; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

FUNGI; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

CELL-WALL-POLYSACCHARIDES; ENDOSPERM; EXPRESSION; FEED ENZYME; PLANT CELL WALL; SEED STORAGE PROTEINS; STORAGE PROTEINS; TRANSGENIC BARLEY; TRANSGENICS; XYLANASES;

ENZYMES;

AGROBACTERIUM; FUNGI; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; NEOCALLIMASTIX; NEOCALLIMASTIX PATRICIARUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0033997338     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009640427515     Document Type: Article

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