Molecular characterization and functional analysis of Glycine max sterol methyl transferase 2 genes involved in plant membrane sterol biosynthesis

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 503-518

  Neelakandan, Anjanasree K ^a   Nguyen, Hanh T M ^a,c   Kumar, Rajesh ^a,d   Tran, Lam Son Phan ^a,e   Guttikonda, Satish K ^a,f   Quach, Truyen Ngoc ^a   Aldrich, Donovan L ^a,g   Nes, W David ^b   Nguyen, Henry T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

^e Elements Chemistry Laboratory   (Japan)

^f DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Campesterol; Cis elements; Development; Gene expression; Mutant complementation; Promoter; Regulation; Sitosterol; Sterol 24 C methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHYTOSTEROL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COLD; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLD TEMPERATURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOYBEANS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 77957960760     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-010-9692-6     Document Type: Article

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