Molecular cloning and expression analysis of the sucrose transporter gene family from Theobroma cacao L.

Gene

Volumn 546, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 336-341

  Li, Fupeng ^a,b,c   Wu, Baoduo ^a,b,c   Qin, Xiaowei ^a,b,c   Yan, Lin ^a,b,c   Hao, Chaoyun ^a,b,c   Tan, Lehe ^a,b,c   Lai, Jianxiong ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c Hainan Prov Key Lab of Genetic Improvement and Qual Reg for Tropical Spice and Beverage Crops   (China)

Author keywords

Cloning; Expression pattern; Sucrose transporter; Theobroma cacao

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; SUCROSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BARK; CACAO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHLOEM; PHYLOGENY; POD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEED HUSK; SEED PRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT SEED; SUCROSE TRANSPORTER GENE FAMILY;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

CLONING; EXPRESSION PATTERN; SUCROSE TRANSPORTER; THEOBROMA CACAO;

CACAO; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT BARK; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STEMS; SEEDS;

EID: 84903546608     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.05.056     Document Type: Article

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