Evolutionary and biotechnology implications of plastid genome variation in the inverted-repeat-lacking clade of legumes

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 743-754

  Sabir, Jamal ^a   Schwarz, Erika ^b   Ellison, Nicholas ^c   Zhang, Jin ^b   Baeshen, Nabih A ^a   Mutwakil, Muhammed ^a   Jansen, Robert ^a,b   Ruhlman, Tracey ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acetyl CoA; Carboxylase; Gene transfers; Lens culinaris; Licorice; Vicia faba

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; LENS CULINARIS; PAPILIONOIDEA; TRIFOLIUM; VICIA FABA;

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLOVER; FABACEAE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INVERTED REPEAT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASTID GENOME; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FABACEAE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, PLASTID; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 84904747681     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12179     Document Type: Article

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