Distinct roles of the first introns on the expression of Arabidopsis profilin gene family members

Plant Physiology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 196-209

  Jeong, Young Min ^a   Mun, Jeong Hwan ^a,c   Lee, Ilha ^a   Woo, Je Chang ^b   Hong, Choo Bong ^a   Kim, Sang Gu ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Mokpo National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; TISSUE;

ACTIN-BINDING PROTEIN; CELLULAR DYNAMICS; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION;

PROTEINS;

GENES; POLLEN; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PRF2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PRF5 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PROFILIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INTRON; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INTRONS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROFILINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 33645823426     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.071316     Document Type: Article

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