Molecular characterisation of a novel plant homeobox gene expressed in the maturing xylem zone of Populus tremula x tremuloides

Plant Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-295

  Hertzberg, Magnus ^a   Olsson, Olof ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDNA LIBRARY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; HYBRID; MATURATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT MODEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TREES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; POPULUS TREMULA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 0032210793     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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