Cucurbit phloem serpins are graft-transmissible and appear to be resistant to turnover in the sieve element-companion cell complex

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 422, 2005, Pages 3111-3120

  Petersen, Mette La Cour ^a   Hejgaard, Jørn ^b   Thompson, Gary A ^c   Schulz, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucumis sativus; Cucurbita maxima; Long distance transport; Phloem exudate; Phloem protein; Proteinase inhibitor; Serpin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION; CELL CULTURE; CLONING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; TISSUE;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT; PHLEOM EXUDATE; PHLEOM PROTEIN; PROTENASE INHIBITORS; SERPIN;

ENZYMES;

PHLOEM SERPIN 1; PLANT RNA; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CUCUMBER; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SQUASH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERPINS;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA MAXIMA;

EID: 28544434312     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri308     Document Type: Article

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