Ectopic expression of a novel MYB gene modifies the architecture of the Arabidopsis inflorescence

Plant Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 729-742

  Kirik, Victor ^a   Kölle, Kerstin ^a   Wohlfarth, Thomas ^a,b   Miséra, Simon ^a,c   Bäumlein, Helmut ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b Max Planck Arbeitsgruppe Molek Z   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYB; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; UP-REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032033407     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00072.x     Document Type: Article

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