MEI1, an Arabidopsis gene required for male meiosis: Isolation and characterization

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 199-207

  He, Caiping ^a   Mascarenhas, Joseph P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

ACC oxidase; Arabidopsis MEI1; Genomic DNA; Inverse PCR; Kazal type proteinase inhibitor; Meiosis splice site

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA PROBE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCING; GENOME LIBRARY; HYGROMYCIN; INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS; INTRON; KANAMYCIN; MALE FERTILITY; MEIOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0031728762     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050142     Document Type: Article

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