EMBRYONIC FACTOR 31 encodes a tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase that is essential for seed development

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 8297-8305

  Jiang, Li ^a,b,c   Wang, Shu ^c   Li, Huijie ^d   Zhang, Guoxin ^e   Li, Hengde ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^d YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^e The Bureau of Gardening   (China)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Endosperm nucleolus; Expanding of embryo sac; Seed development

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC FACTOR 31 PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; TYROSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC FACTOR 31 GENE; ENDOSPERM; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; INFLORESCENCE; MERISTEM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLANT GENE; PLANT ROOT; POINT MUTATION; POLLEN DEVELOPMENT; POLLEN TUBE GROWTH; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SEEDLING; STOP CODON; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOPLASM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TYROSINE-TRNA LIGASE;

EID: 84868640379     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-1678-9     Document Type: Article

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