α-Tubulin genes are differentially expressed during leaf cell development in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 723-730

  Schröder, Jan ^a   Stenger, Heiko ^a   Wernicke, Wolfgang ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

tubulin; Cell shaping; Cytoskeleton; Differential gene expression; Gene family; Hordeum vulgare

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; TUBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CELL DIVISION; CLASSIFICATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, PLANT; HORDEUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; TUBULIN;

EID: 0035317597     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010648519206     Document Type: Article

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