Members of the aquaporin family in the developing pea seed coat include representatives of the PIP, TIP, and NIP subfamilies

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 633-645

  Schuurmans, Jolanda A M J ^a   Van Dongen, Joost T ^a,b   Rutjens, Bas P W ^a   Boonman, Alex ^a   Pieterse, Corné M J ^a   Borstlap, Adrianus C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquaglyceroporins; Aquaporins; MIPs; Seed coat; Seed development; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

CLONING; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

HYBRIDIZATION SIGNALS; IMBIBITION; NUTRIENTS; TRANSCRIPTS;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PISUM; PISUM SATIVUM; SPERMATOPHYTA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 1942442451     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:plan.0000019070.60954.77     Document Type: Article

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