Zm908p11, encoded by a short open reading frame (sORF) gene, functions in pollen tube growth as a profilin ligand in maize

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2359-2372

  Dong, Xue ^a   Wang, Dongxue ^a,b   Liu, Peng ^a,c   Li, Chengxia ^a,d   Zhao, Qian ^a   Zhu, Dengyun ^a   Yu, Jingjuan ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

pollen tube; pollen predominant; profilin; short open reading frame; Zea mays; Zm908p11

Indexed keywords

PROFILIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POLLEN TUBE; POLLEN-PREDOMINANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT OPEN READING FRAME; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZM908P11.;

POLLEN TUBE; POLLEN-PREDOMINANT; PROFILIN; SHORT OPEN READING FRAME; ZEA MAYS; ZM908P11.;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GERMINATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; POLLEN TUBE; PROFILINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TOBACCO; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84877951743     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert093     Document Type: Article

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