Ectopic expression of the maize homeobox genes ZmHox1a or ZmHox1b causes pleiotropic alterations in the vegetative and floral development of transgenic tobacco

Plant Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-362

  Überlacker, Bärbel ^a   Klinge, Bettina ^a   Werr, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; ZEA MAYS;

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOX1B PROTEIN, ZEA MAYS; HYBRID PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZMHOX1A PROTEIN, ZEA MAYS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOBOX; MAIZE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030094832     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.3.349     Document Type: Article

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