Accumulation, assembly, and digestibility of amarantin expressed in transgenic tropical maize

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 335-342

  Rascon Cruz Q ^a   Sinagawa Garcia S ^a   Osuna Castro, J A ^a   Bohorova, N ^b,c   Paredes Lopez O ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^c Epicyte Pharmaceutical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; DNA; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; AMARANTHIN PROTEIN, AMARANTHUS; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTEN; PLANT LECTIN;

AMARANTHUS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; INTRON; MAIZE; METABOLISM; RICE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STANDARD; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; AMARANTHUS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUTEN; INTRONS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT LECTINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS; AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 17544385844     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-003-1430-x     Document Type: Article

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