Genome-wide identification, classification and expression profiling of nicotianamine synthase (NAS) gene family in maize

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zhou, Xiaojin ^a,b   Li, Suzhen ^c   Zhao, Qianqian ^a,b   Liu, Xiaoqing ^a,b   Zhang, Shaojun ^a,b   Sun, Cheng ^a,b   Fan, Yunliu ^a,b   Zhang, Chunyi ^a,b   Chen, Rumei ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement (NFCRI)   (China)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

Author keywords

Expression profiling; Gene family; In situ hybridization; Iron uptake and homeostasis; Maize; Nicotianamine synthase; Subcellular localization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MAIZE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NICOTIANAMINE SYNTHASE 1 GENE; NICOTIANAMINE SYNTHASE 2 GENE; NICOTIANAMINE SYNTHASE 3 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT CELL; PLANT GENE; PLANT ROOT; SEED DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ARABIDOPSIS; HORDEUM; ZEA MAYS;

IRON; NICOTIANAMINE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84875950597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-238     Document Type: Article

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