Characterization and expression analysis of the aspartic protease gene family of Cynara cardunculus L.

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2523-2539

  Pimentel, Catarina ^a,b,c   Van Der Straeten, Dominique ^c   Pires, Euclides ^b,d   Faro, Carlos ^b,d   Rodrigues Pousada, Claudina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aspartic proteases; Cardosin; Leader intron; Pistil; Promoter

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CARDOSIN A; CARDOSIN B; CARDOSIN C; CARDOSIN D; CYPROSIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CARDOON; COMPUTER MODEL; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EXON; FLOWER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BASE SEQUENCE; CYNARA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CYNARA CARDUNCULUS;

EID: 34247586701     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05787.x     Document Type: Article

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