The glutamine synthetase gene family in Populus

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Castro Rodríguez, Vanessa ^a   García Gutiérrez, Angel ^a   Canales, Javier ^a   Avila, Concepción ^a   Kirby, Edward G ^b   Cánovas, Francisco M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; POPULUS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; ISOENZYME;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DUPLICATE GENE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEASON;

COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, DUPLICATE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; ISOENZYMES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; POPULUS; SEASONS;

EID: 80052032144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-119     Document Type: Article

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