Characterization of a pollen-preferential gene OSIAGP from rice (Oryza sativa L. subspecies indica) coding for an arabinogalactan protein homologue, and analysis of its promoter activity during pollen development and pollen tube growth

Transgenic Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 385-397

  Anand, Saurabh ^a   Tyagi, Akhilesh K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENOME RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Arabinogalactan protein; Pollen tube; Pollen preferential gene; Rice; Tobacco; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ARABINOGALACTAN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GALACTAN; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLEN; POLLEN TUBE; PROMOTER REGION; RICE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GALACTANS; GENOMIC LIBRARY; GLUCURONIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; POLLEN; POLLEN TUBE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; JAPONICA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ORYZA SATIVA; ORYZA SATIVA (INDICA CULTIVAR-GROUP);

EID: 77952243029     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-009-9319-3     Document Type: Article

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