A specific α-tubulin is associated with the initiation of parthenogenesis in 'Salmon' wheat lines

Hereditas

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-224

  Matzk, Fritz ^a   Meyer, Hans Martin ^a   Horstmann, Christian ^a   Balzer, Hans Jörg ^a   Bäumlein, Helmut ^a   Schubert, Ingo ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PARTHENOGENESIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030665350     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1997.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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