A null mutation in the first enzyme of flavonoid biosynthesis does not affect male fertility in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1013-1025

  Burbulis, Lan E ^a   Lacobucci, Michelle ^a,b   Shirley, Brenda W ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0030174914     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.6.1013     Document Type: Article

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