Cytokinin oxidase from Zea mays: Purification, cDNA cloning and expression in moss protoplasts

Plant Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 615-626

  Houba Hérin, Nicole ^a   Pethe, Claude ^a   D'Alayer, Jacques ^b   Laloue, Michel ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOLOGIE CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 (2 AZIDO 6 CHLOROPYRID 4 YL) 3 PHENYLUREA H 3; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBANILAMIDE; CYTOKININ OXIDASE; CYTOKININ; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOSS; PROTOPLAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOTOAFFINITY LABELS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTOPLASTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0040370514     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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