Cloning and characterization of a trypsin inhibitor cDNA from amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) seeds

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-23

  Valdés Rodríguez, Silvia ^a   Blanco Labra, Alejandro ^a   Gutiérrez Benicio, Glenda ^a   Boradenenko, Anatoli ^b   Herrera Estrella, Alfredo ^a   Simpson, June ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amaranthus hypochondriacus; Gene expression; Trypsin inhibitor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NORTHERN BLOTTING; TRYPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, PLANT; SEEDS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRYPSIN INHIBITORS; WATER;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0344631635     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006262106267     Document Type: Article

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