Floral development and expression of floral homeotic genes are influenced by cytokinins

Plant Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 379-384

  Estruch, J J ^a   Granell, A ^b   Hansen, G ^a   Prinsen, E ^c   Redig, P ^c   Van Onckelen, H ^c   Schwarz Sommer, Z ^a   Sommer, H ^a   Spena, A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKININ;

ARTICLE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOKININS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOBACCO;

EID: 0027648573     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1993.04020379.x     Document Type: Article

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