Genetic engineering of parthenocarpic plants

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1398-1401

  Rotino, Giuseppe Leonardo ^a   Perri, Elena ^a   Zottini, Michela ^b   Sommer, Hans ^c   Spena, Angelo ^b  

^a Research Institute for Vegetable Crops   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

iaaM gene; Nicotiana tabacum; Plant genetic engineering; Solanum melongena

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILIZATION; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHIMERA; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PARTHENOGENESIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS; TOBACCO; VEGETABLES;

ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; MELONGENA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SAVASTANOI; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; SOLANUM MELONGENA; TABACUM;

EID: 0031451969     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1297-1398     Document Type: Article

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