Genomic organization of plant aminopropyl transferases

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 574-590

  Rodríguez Kessler, Margarita ^b   Delgado Sánchez, Pablo ^a   Rodríguez Kessler, Gabriela Theresia ^a   Moriguchi, Takaya ^c   Jiménez Bremont, Juan Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Aminopropyl transferases; Genomic organization; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA; TRACHEOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

ALKALOID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT DNA; POLYAMINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; SPERMINE SYNTHASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; YEAST;

ALKALOIDS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; INTRONS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYAMINES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; SPERMINE SYNTHASE; YEASTS;

EID: 79952198069     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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