Cloning and expression of a sorghum gene with homology to maize vp1. Its potential involvement in pre-harvest sprouting resistance

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 631-640

  Carrari, Fernando ^c   Perez Flores, Laura ^a   Lijavetzky, Diego ^b   Enciso, Silvina ^c   Sanchez, Rodolfo ^c   Benech Arnold, Roberta ^c   Iusem, Norberte ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dormancy; Germination; Pre harvest sprouting; Sorghum bicolor; vp1 gene

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; PLANT DNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VP1 PROTEIN, PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ABSCISIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; GERMINATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; POACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035317183     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010648420669     Document Type: Article

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