Detection of mesocarp oleoyl-thioesterase gene of the South American oil palm Elaeis oleifera by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 595-598

  Asemota, Omorefe ^a   Shah, Farida Habib ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Elaeis oleifera; Mesocarp; Oleoyl ACP thioesterase; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

OLEOYLTHIOESTERASE; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ELAEIS OLEIFERA; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BRASSICA NAPUS; ELAEIS OLEIFERA;

EID: 15544381855     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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