Role of an ABI3 homologue in dormancy maintenance of yellow-cedar seeds and in the activation of storage protein and Em gene promoters

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-49

  Zeng, Ying ^a   Raimondi, Nancy ^a   Kermode, Allison R ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid insensitive 3 homologue; Chamaecyparis nootkatensis; Em gene; Germination; Seed dormancy; Storage protein genes; Trans activation

Indexed keywords

GENES; SEED; TISSUE; VEGETATION;

GENE PROMOTERS;

PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CEDRUS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PLANT; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

GENES; PLANT TISSUES; PLANTS; PROTEINS; SEEDS;

CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS NOOTKATENSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0037272920     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020762304937     Document Type: Article

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