Towards the identification of cassava root protein genes

Plant Foods for Human Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 353-363

  De Souza, C R B ^a   Carvalho, L J C B ^a   De Almeida, E R P ^a   Gander, E S ^a  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cassava (Manihot esculenta L.); Genetic engineering; Nutrition; Proteins; Roots

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA; PROLAMIN PROTEIN, PLANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT ROOT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA, PLANT; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MANIHOT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MANIHOT; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0036770260     PISSN: 09219668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021853000245     Document Type: Article

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