Cloning and expression analysis of transketolase gene in Cucumis sativus L.

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 512-521

  Bi, Huangai ^a   Wang, Meiling ^a   Dong, Xubing ^a   Ai, Xizhen ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chilling stress; Cucumis sativus L.; Net photosynthetic rate; Over expression; Transketolase (TK)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE; TRANSKETOLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHILLING STRESS; COLD; CUCUMBER; CUCUMIS SATIVUS L.; DARKNESS; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; OVER-EXPRESSION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STRUCTURES; TRANSKETOLASE (TK);

CHILLING STRESS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS L.; NET PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; OVER-EXPRESSION; TRANSKETOLASE (TK);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOMASS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLD TEMPERATURE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DARKNESS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STRUCTURES; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSKETOLASE;

EID: 84880442032     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.06.017     Document Type: Article

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