Expression profiling of a complex thaumatin-like protein family in western white pine

Planta

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 637-651

  Liu, Jun Jun ^a   Zamani, Arezoo ^a   Ekramoddoullah, Abul K M ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cronartium; Phylogenetic analysis; Quantitative PCR; Thaumatin like protein; Western white pine

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; THAUMATIN PROTEIN, PLANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PINE; PLANT DISEASE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEASON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PINUS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

CRONARTIUM; CRONARTIUM RIBICOLA; PINUS MONTICOLA;

EID: 76049115441     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-009-1068-2     Document Type: Article

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