Detailed analysis of the expression of an alpha-gliadin promoter and the deposition of alpha-gliadin protein during wheat grain development

Annals of Botany

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-342

  Van Herpen, T W J M ^a   Riley, M ^b   Sparks, C ^b   Jones, H D ^b   Gritsch, C ^b   Dekking, E H ^c   Hamer, R J ^a   Bosch, D ^a   Salentijn, E M J ^a   Smulders, M J M ^a   Shewry, P R ^b   Gilissen, L J W J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpha gliadin; Deposition; Expression; Grain development; Promoter; Triticum aestivum; Wheat

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; EPITOPE; GLIADIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; MATURATION; PROTEIN; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

EPITOPES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GLIADIN; GLUCURONIDASE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 49849087913     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcn114     Document Type: Article

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