Genes expressed in the latex of Hevea brasiliensis

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 503-510

  Han, Kyung Hwan ^a,c   Shin, Dong Ho ^a   Yang, Jaemo ^a   Kim, In Jeong ^a   Oh, Soo Kyung ^a   Chow, K S ^b  

^a Kumho Life and Environmental Science Laboratory   (South Korea)

^b RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; EST; Genetic engineering; Rubber

Indexed keywords

CDNA LIBRARY; DEFENSE GENE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; LATEX; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RUBBER; RUBBER ELONGATION FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SMALL RUBBER PARTICLE PROTEIN;

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0034177081     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.8.503     Document Type: Article

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