The y1 gene of maize codes for phytoene synthase

Genetics

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 479-488

  Buckner, Brent ^a   Miguel, Phillip San ^b   Janick Buckner, Diane ^a   Bennetzen, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLIC ACID; SYNTHETASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOMINANT GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSPOSON;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CAROTENOIDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFERASES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 15844423273     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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