Sex determination in dioecious Silene latifolia: Effects of the Y chromosome and the parasitic smut fungus (Ustilago violacea) on gene expression during flower development

Plant Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 969-979

  Scutt, Charles P ^a   Li, Yi ^a   Robertson, Shona E ^a   Willis, Malcolm E ^a   Gilmartin, Philip M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; SEX DIAGNOSIS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; SILENE LATIFOLIA; USTILAGO; USTILAGO VIOLACEA;

EID: 0031177706     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.3.969     Document Type: Article

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