Characteristic and expression analysis of a metallothionein gene, OsMT2b, down-regulated by cytokinin suggests functions in root development and seed embryo germination of rice

Plant Physiology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1637-1650

  Yuan, Jing ^a   Chen, Dan ^a   Ren, Yujun ^a   Zhang, Xuelian ^a   Zhao, Jie ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA;

CYTOKININ; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOKININS; DNA PRIMERS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; METALLOTHIONEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT ROOTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 48549107759     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.110304     Document Type: Article

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