Targeted misexpression of AGAMOUS in whorl 2 of Arabidopsis flowers

Plant Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 825-839

  Jack, Thomas ^a,b   Sieburth, Leslie ^a,c   Meyerowitz, Elliot ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AP1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; APETALA 3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS AGAMOUS PROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGAMOUS PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0031127887     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.11040825.x     Document Type: Article

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