Wheat MADS box genes, a multigene family dispersed throughout the genome

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 317-321

  Murai, Koji ^a   Murai, Rika ^a   Ogihara, Yasunari ^b  

^a Ishikawa Agricultural College   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRITICUM;

EID: 0031429020     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.72.317     Document Type: Article

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