Molecular cloning and characterization of the actin-depolymerizing factor gene in Gossypium barbadense

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 383-391

  Chi, Jina ^a   Wang, Xingfen ^a   Zhou, Hongmei ^a   Zhang, Guiyin ^a   Sun, Yanxiang ^b   Li, Zhikun ^a   Ma, Zhiying ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^b Lang Fang Normal University   (China)

Author keywords

ADF (actin depolymerizing factor); Sea Island cotton; Semi quantitative RT PCR; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR; AMINO ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL CLONE; COTTON; DNA ISOLATION; DNA PURIFICATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GOSSYPIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 61849167409     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.83.383     Document Type: Article

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