Molecular cloning and characterization of a cytosolic glutamine synthetase gene, a fiber strength-associated gene in cotton

Planta

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 473-483

  Yajun, He ^a   Wangzhen, Guo ^a   Xinlian, Shen ^a   Tianzhen, Zhang ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cotton fiber; Glutamine synthetase

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; COTTON; CYTOSOL; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COTTON FIBER; CYTOSOL; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GOSSYPIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 47249100158     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-008-0751-z     Document Type: Article

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