A Pelargonium ARGONAUTE4 Gene shows organ-specific expression and differences in RNA and protein levels

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 319-325

  He, Jie ^a   Gray, John ^a   Leisner, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

ARGONAUTE4; Gene expression; Geranium; Ribonucleic acid interference; Ribonucleic acid induced silencing complex

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PELARGONIUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PROTEIN MOTIF;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PELARGONIUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; PELARGONIUM;

EID: 75149113499     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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