Differential expression of three genes for different β-tubulin isotypes during the initial culture of Zinnia mesophyll cells that divide and differentiate into tracheary elements

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1167-1176

  Yoshimura, Toshihiko ^a   Demura, Taku ^a   Igarashi, Megumi ^a,b   Fukuda, Hiroo ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell division; Gene expression; Tracheary element differentiation; Zinnia elegans; Tubunlin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ZINNIA; ZINNIA ELEGANS;

EID: 0030425554     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029068     Document Type: Article

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