Conserved expression of a TASSELSEED2 homolog in the tapetum of the dioecious Silene latifolia and Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 515-526

  Lebel Hardenack, Sabine ^b   Ye, De ^c   Koutnikova, Hana ^d,e   Saedler, Heinz ^a   Grant, Sarah R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Inst de Genet et de Biol M   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA; SILENE LATIFOLIA SUBSP. ALBA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031239619     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.d01-4.x     Document Type: Article

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