Structure, organization and expression of the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5, eIF-5, gene in Zea mays

Gene

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 355-359

  Ribera, Ignacio López ^a   Puigdomènech, Pere ^a  

^a DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

eIF 5 gene; Eukaryotic translation initiation factors; Maize; Meristem

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PLANT; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-5; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEA MAYS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0345476927     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00438-2     Document Type: Article

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