Male gametic cell-specific histone gH2A gene of Lilium longiflorum: Genomic structure and promoter activity in the generative cell

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-238

  Ueda, Kenji ^a   Suzuki, Masako ^a   Ono, Michiyuki ^a,c   Ide, Noriko ^b   Tanaka, Ichiro ^b   Inoue, Masayasu ^a  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Generative cell; Histone variant; Lilium; Male gamete; Pollen; Promoter

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CELL CULTURE; CLONING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENERATIVE CELL; HISTONE VARIANT; LILIUM; MALE GAMETE; PROMOTERS;

GENES;

HISTONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; LILY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; POLLEN; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENOMICS; HISTONES; LILIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TOBACCO;

CELL STRUCTURE; CLONES; GENES; POLLEN;

LILIUM; LILIUM LONGIFLORUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 27144445377     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-005-8521-9     Document Type: Article

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