A POLYCOMB group gene of rice (Oryza sativa L. subspecies indica), OsiEZ1, codes for a nuclear-localized protein expressed preferentially in young seedlings and during reproductive development

Gene

Volumn 314, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-13

  Thakur, Jitendra K ^a   Malik, Meghna R ^a   Bhatt, Vishnu ^b   Reddy, Malireddy K ^c   Sopory, Sudhir K ^c   Tyagi, Akhilesh K ^a   Khurana, Jitendra P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b INDIAN GRASSLAND AND FODDER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Development; Epigenetic control; Gene expression; Nuclear localization

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SET DOMAIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CELL NUCLEUS; EXON; FERTILIZATION; FLOWER; GENE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; INTRON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONION; OSIEZ1 GENE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RICE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SEEDLING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SUBSPECIES; TELOMERE; ZYGOTE;

ALLIUM CEPA; MAMMALIA; ORYZA SATIVA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0141648396     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00723-6     Document Type: Article

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