Molecular cloning and biochemical characterization of α- and β-tubulin from potato plants (Solanum tuberosum L.)

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 761-768

  Koo, Bon Sung ^a   Kalme, Satish ^b   Yeo, Soo Hwan ^a   Lee, Su Jae ^b   Yoon, Moon Young ^b  

^a National Academy of Agricultural Science   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antimitotic agent; Cysteine accessibility; Microtubule; Solanum tuberosum; Tubulin heterodimer

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; TUBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIMERIZATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT GENE; POTATO; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYSTEINE; DIMERIZATION; GENES, PLANT; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOFTWARE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBULIN;

FUNGI; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 67649460918     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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