Characterisation of the legume SERK-NIK gene superfamily including splice variants: Implications for development and defence

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Nolan, Kim E ^a   Kurdyukov, Sergey ^a   Rose, Ray J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

ISOPROTEIN; PLANT DNA; PROTEIN KINASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; DATA MINING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOYBEAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DATA MINING; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA, PLANT; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN KINASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOYBEANS;

EID: 79952351459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-44     Document Type: Article

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