Identification and characterization of PgHZ1, a novel homeodomain leucine-zipper gene isolated from white spruce (Picea glauca) tissue

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1031-1039

  Tahir, Muhammad ^a   Belmonte, Mark F ^a   Elhiti, Mohamed ^a   Flood, Heather ^a   Stasolla, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Arabidopsis thaliana; Homeobox genes; Picea glauca; Somatic embryogenesis; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPRUCE;

ABSCISIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PICEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 55249120664     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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