Cloning, characterization and functional analysis of a 1-FEH cDNA from Vernonia herbacea (Vell.) Rusby

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1185-1195

  Asega, Amanda Francine ^a   Do Nascimento, João Roberto O ^b   Schroeven, Lindsey ^c   Van Den Ende, Wim ^c   Carvalho, Maria Angela M ^a  

^a Pós graduação em Biodiversidade Vegetal e Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

1 FEH cloning; Asteraceae; Brazilian Cerrado; Functional analysis; Underground reserve organs; Vernonia herbacea

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERNONIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; VERNONIA;

ASTERACEAE; CICHORIUM INTYBUS; PICHIA PASTORIS; RHIZOPHORA; VERNONIA; VERNONIA HERBACEA;

EID: 49449101590     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcn094     Document Type: Article

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