Male sterility associated with APRT deficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana results from a mutation in the gene APT1

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 348-353

  Gaillard, C ^a   Moffatt, B A ^b   Blacker, M ^c   Laloue, M ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adenine phosphoribosyl transferase; Arabidopsis thaliana; Cytokinins; Male sterility; Mutant

Indexed keywords

2,6 DIAMINOPURINE; ADENINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKININ;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GERMINATION; INTRON; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

2-AMINOPURINE; ADENINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; FERTILITY; GENES, PLANT; MUTATION;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0031932154     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050656     Document Type: Article

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