The accumulation of α-zein in transgenic tobacco endosperm is stabilized by co-expression of β-zein

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 864-871

  Coleman, Craig E ^a   Yoho, Paula Randall ^a   Escobar, Sonja ^a   Ogawa, Masahiro ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YAMAGUCHI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endosperm; Maize; Protein body; Tobacco; Transgenic; Zein

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; ZEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL VACUOLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN PROCESSING; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEEDS; TOBACCO; TRANSFECTION; VACUOLES; ZEA MAYS; ZEIN;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4344706600     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pch104     Document Type: Article

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