A RING-H2 zinc-finger protein gene RIE1 is essential for seed development in Arabidopsis

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 37-50

  Xu, Ruqiang ^a   Li, Qingshun Quinn ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Embryo development; Gene expression; RIE1; RING zinc finger protein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELL CULTURE; DNA; MUTAGENESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SEED; TISSUE;

GENE FUSION ASSAYS; INSERTION LINES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; RIE1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCURONIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; SPERMATOPHYTA; TORPEDO;

EID: 0346908654     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PLAN.0000009256.01620.a6     Document Type: Article

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