Petunia nectar proteins have ribonuclease activity

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2951-2965

  Hillwig, Melissa S ^a   Liu, Xiaoteng ^a   Liu, Guangyu ^a   Thornburg, Robert W ^a   MacIntosh, Gustavo C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nectar; Nectarin; Nectary; Petunia; Ribonuclease; RNase T2

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; NECTAR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NECTAR; PETUNIA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NECTAR; PETUNIA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; PLANT NECTAR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA ALATA; PETUNIA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 77954695618     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq119     Document Type: Article

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