Gene families encoding 11S globulin and 2S albumin isoforms of jelly fig (Ficus awkeotsang) achenes

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 506-513

  Chua, Anna C N ^a   Hsiao, Eric S L ^a   Yang, Yuan Chang ^b   Lin, Li Jen ^a   Chou, Wing Ming ^b   Tzen, Jason T C ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Achene; Expressed sequence tag; Ficus awkeotsang; Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry; Seed storage proteins

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE ENCODING; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FICUS AWKEOTSANG; SEED STORAGE PROTEINS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ALBUMINOID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLOBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FICUS; GENE; GENETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALBUMINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FICUS; GENES, PLANT; GLOBULINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

FICUS AWKEOTSANG;

EID: 40449118007     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70588     Document Type: Article

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