Cardosins in postembryonic development of cardoon: Towards an elucidation of the biological function of plant aspartic proteinases

Protoplasma

Volumn 232, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 203-213

  Pereira, Cláudia Sofia ^a   Da Costa, Diana Soares ^a,b   Pereira, Susana ^b   De Moura Nogueira, F ^b   Albuquerque, P M ^a   Teixeira, J ^b   Faro, C ^c   Pissarra, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aspartic proteinase; Cardosin; Cynara cardunculus; Plant specific insert of aspartic proteinase; Protein body; Seed

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; ASPARTIC PROTEINASES, CYNARA CARDUNCULUS; MESSENGER RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COTYLEDON; CYNARA; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COTYLEDON; CYNARA; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS;

CYNARA CARDUNCULUS;

EID: 43149098536     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-008-0288-9     Document Type: Article

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