Differential expression pattern of rubber elongation factor (REF) mRNA transcripts from high and low yielding clones of rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.)

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1833-1838

  Priya, P ^a   Venkatachalam, P ^a,b   Thulaseedharan, A ^a  

^a RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clones; Differential expression; Ethephon treatment; Hevea brasiliensis; Latex yield; RNA blot analysis; Rubber tree

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; GENE EXPRESSION; LATEXES; RNA; RUBBER;

DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION; ETHEPHON TREATMENT; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; LATEX YIELD; RNA BLOT ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

ELONGATION FACTOR; LATEX; MESSENGER RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEVEA; METABOLISM;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HEVEA; LATEX; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONES; GENES; HEVEA; LATEX; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

HEVEA; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 34548598327     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-007-0402-z     Document Type: Article

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