The structure and expression of the wheat starch synthase III gene. Motifs in the expressed gene define the lineage of the starch synthase III gene family

Plant Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 613-624

  Li, Zhongyi ^c   Mouille, Greg ^a,b,c   Kosar Hashemi, Behjat ^c   Rahman, Sadequr ^c   Clarke, Bryan ^c   Gale, Kevin R ^c   Appels, Rudi ^c   Morell, Matthew K ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EXON; GENE LOCATION; HEXAPLOIDY; MAIZE; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STARCH SYNTHASE III;

ARABIDOPSIS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034089676     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.123.2.613     Document Type: Article

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