ZmES genes encode peptides with structural homology to defensins and are specifically expressed in the female gametophyte of maize

Plant Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 103-114

  Cordts, Simone ^a   Bantin, Jörg ^a   Wittich, Peter E ^b   Kranz, Erhard ^a   Lörz, Horst ^a   Dresselhaus, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Egg cell; Embryo sac; Fertilization; Gene expression; Pathogen defence; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA LIBRARY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAMETOPHYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; OVARY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEA MAYS EMBRYO SAC GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE; DEFENSINS; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035128278     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0960-7412.2000.00944.x     Document Type: Article

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