Characterization of a defensin gene expressed in oil palm inflorescences: Induction during tissue culture and possible association with epigenetic somaclonal variation events

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 373, 2002, Pages 1387-1396

  Tregearm, James W ^a   Morcillo, Fabienne ^a   Richaud, Frédérique ^a   Berger, Angélique ^a   Singh, Rajinder ^c   Cheah, Suan Choo ^c   Hartmann, Caroline ^b   Rival, Alain ^a   Duval, Yves ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCES PARIS SACLAY IPS2   (France)

^c MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Defensin; Elaeis guineensis; Flower abnormality; Somaclonal variation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; GENES; POLYPEPTIDES; TISSUE CULTURE;

DEFENSIN GENES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ELAEIS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; PETUNIA;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEFENSIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

5' FLANKING REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARECACEAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DEFENSINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036015573     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/53.373.1387     Document Type: Article

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