Molecular cloning, expression profiling, and yeast complementation of 19 β-tubulin cDNAs from developing cotton ovules

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2687-2695

  He, Xian Chen ^a   Qin, Yong Mei ^a   Xu, Yu ^a   Hu, Chun Yang ^a   Zhu, Yu Xian ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

tubulin; Fuzzless lintless mutant; Gossypium hirsutum (cotton) fibre; Phytohormone

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FATTY ACID; PHYTOHORMONE; TUBULIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTTON; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GOSSYPIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TUBULIN; UP-REGULATION;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 46849112434     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern127     Document Type: Article

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