Alternative splicing of two leading exons partitions promoter activity between the coding regions of the maize homeobox gene Zmhox1a and Trap (transposon-associated protein)

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 615-625

  Comelli, P ^a   Konig J ^a   Werr, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Gene structure; Homeodomain evolution

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CODON; EXON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE PRODUCT; HOMEOBOX; INTRON; MAIZE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPOSASE; TRANSPOSON;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA, PLANT; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS); ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; METAZOA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0343938499     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006382725952     Document Type: Article

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