Flower-predominant expression of a gene encoding a novel class I chitinase in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 883-897

  Takakura, Yoshimitsu ^a,b   Ito, Toru ^a   Saito, Hideaki ^a   Inoue, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Komari, Toshihiko ^a,b   Kuwata, Shigeru ^a,b  

^a JAPAN TOBACCO INC   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitinase function; Flower predominant; Gene expression; Molecular cloning; Monocotyledon; Promoter

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CDNA LIBRARY; CHIMERIC GENE; CHITINASE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE FUSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENOME LIBRARY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OSCHIA1;175 PROTEIN; PHYLOGENY; PISTIL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAMEN; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITINASE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGROBACTERIUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LILIOPSIDA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0034045815     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006401816145     Document Type: Article

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