Characterization of the wheat gene encoding a grain-specific lipid transfer protein TdPR61, and promoter activity in wheat, barley and rice

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2025-2040

  Kovalchuk, Nataliya ^a   Smith, Jessica ^a   Bazanova, Natalia ^a   Pyvovarenko, Tatiana ^a   Singh, Rohan ^a   Shirley, Neil ^a   Ismagul, Ainur ^a   Johnson, Alexander ^a,b   Milligan, Andrew S ^a,c   Hrmova, Maria ^a   Langridge, Peter ^a   Lopato, Sergiy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Department of Bio Innovation SA ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Barley; BES1 transcription factor; embryo; endosperm transfer cells; lipid transfer protein; promoter; rice; wheat

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; HORDEUM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; RICE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CEREALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; HORDEUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRITICUM; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ARABIDOPSIS; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84863251026     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err409     Document Type: Article

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