Genetic control of male fertility in Arabidopsis thaliana: Structural analyses of postmeiotic developmental mutants

Planta

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 492-505

  Taylor, P E ^a,c   Glover, J A ^b,c   Lavithis, M ^a   Craig, S ^b   Singh, M B ^a   Knox, R B ^a   Dennis, E S ^b   Chaudhury, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anther; Arabidopsis (mutants); Development (microspore); Male sterility; Mutant (Arabidopsis, male sterility); Pollen (ultrastructure)

Indexed keywords

4,6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; CELL CYCLE; DEGENERATION; DNA DEGRADATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GERMINATION; MALE FERTILITY; MUTATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; POLLEN DEVELOPMENT; POLLEN EXINE; POLLEN GRAIN; POSTMEIOTIC DEVELOPMENTAL MUTANT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUCURONIDASE; MEIOSIS; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032146922     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050348     Document Type: Article

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