Isolation and temporal endospermal expression of γ-kafirin gene of grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. moench) var. M 35-1 for introgression analysis of transgene

Journal of Cereal Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 808-815

  Bansal, Sangita ^a   Mishra, Avinash ^a   Tomar, Akash ^a   Sharma, Shailendra ^b   Khanna, Vijay Kumar ^a   Garg, Govind Krishan ^a  

^a G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel University of Agriculture   (India)

Author keywords

Gene isolation; Kafirin; Seed storage protein; Semi quantitative RT PCR; Sorghum; Temporal expression

Indexed keywords

COIX; SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 54949158514     PISSN: 07335210     EISSN: 10959963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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