Molecular characterization of a hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase gene from mulberry (Morus alba L.)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 559-569

  Jain, Ashok K ^a,b   Vincent, Rebecca M ^b   Nessler, Craig L ^b  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; HMGR; Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA reductase; Isoprenoid; Light regulation; Morus alba; Mulberry

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CLONE; GENE FUSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; ISOENZYME; ISOPRENOID BIOSYNTHESIS; MAHMG1 GENE; MEVALONIC ACID; PROMOTER REGION; SILK; SILKWORM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DARKNESS; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOBACCO; TREES;

BOMBYX MORI; EMBRYOPHYTA; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS ALBA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0034012144     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006336825226     Document Type: Article

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