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PCR-dependent amplification and sequence characterization of partial cDNAs encoding myosin-like proteins in Anemia phyllitidis (L.) Sw. and Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.

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Partial cDNAs encoding for myosin-like proteins from Anemia phyllitidis and Arabidopsis thaliana have been isolated using PCR technology. The deduced amino acid sequences show an average similarity up to 62% with known myosin heavy chain genes. From northern blot analysis we were able to estimate that transcripts of ca. 6.1 kb size are expressed in A. phyllitidis.

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    Barbara Moepps, Siglinde Conrad & Helmut Schraudolf

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Moepps, B., Conrad, S. & Schraudolf, H. PCR-dependent amplification and sequence characterization of partial cDNAs encoding myosin-like proteins in Anemia phyllitidis (L.) Sw. and Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.. Plant Mol Biol 21, 1077–1083 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00023604

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