The expression profile of lectin differs from that of seed storage proteins in Castanea crenata trees

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1698-1705

  Nakamura, Sachiko ^a   Ikegami, Ayako ^a   Mizuno, Masashi ^a   Yagi, Fumio ^b   Nomura, Keiichi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chestnut; Gene expression; Jacalin related lectin; Seed storage protein; Vegetative storage protein

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LECTIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PLANT SEED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TREE;

AGGLUTININS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TREES;

CASTANEA; CASTANEA CRENATA;

EID: 4644315826     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.68.1698     Document Type: Article

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