Sequencing and analysis of the gene-rich space of cowpea

BMC Genomics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Timko, Michael P ^a   Rushton, Paul J ^a   Laudeman, Thomas W ^a   Bokowiec, Marta T ^a   Chipumuro, Edmond ^a   Cheung, Foo ^b   Town, Christopher D ^b   Chen, Xianfeng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CELL ENZYME; LIPID; PROTEOME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COWPEA; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FILTRATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; LEGUME; LIPID METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEOMICS; RICE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEAT; SYNTENY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GENOME; PHYLOGENY; SYMBIOSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; FABACEAE; ORYZA SATIVA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 41549093597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-103     Document Type: Article

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