Cloning and expression analysis of alpha-tubulin genes in water foxtail (Alopecurus aequalis)

Weed Science

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-95

  Hashim, Saima ^a,b   Hachinohe, Mayumi ^a   Matsumoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b AUP   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Exons; Gene; Gene expression; Introns; mRNA

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; AMINO ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRASS; HOMOLOGY; HORMONE; WEED;

ALOPECURUS; ALOPECURUS AEQUALIS; ALOPECURUS GENICULATUS; ARABIDOPSIS; HORDEUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77951287843     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-D-09-00034.1     Document Type: Article

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