Downregulation of ovule-specific MADS box genes from petunia results in maternally controlled defects in seed development

Plant Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 703-715

  Colombo, Lucia ^a,b   Franken, John ^a   Van Der Krol, Alexander R ^a   Wittich, Peter E ^a   Dons, Hans J M ^a   Angenent, Gerco C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Dipto Genet Biol Microrganismi   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; EMBRYOPHYTA; PETUNIA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0031131636     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.5.703     Document Type: Article

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