Antisense SNF1-related (SnRK1) protein kinase gene represses transient activity of an α-amylase (α-Amy2) gene promoter in cultured wheat embryos

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 383, 2003, Pages 739-747

  Laurie, Sophie ^a   McKibbin, Rowan S ^a   Halford, Nigel G ^b  

^a Crop Performance and Improvement   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate metabolism; Gibberellin; Phosphorylation; Seed development; Sugar sensing; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DNA; GENES; PROTEINS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

EMBRYOS;

ENZYME KINETICS;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); CARBOHYDRATES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENZYME REPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRITICUM;

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037321018     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg085     Document Type: Article

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