A large family of TM3 MADS-box cDNAs in Pinus radiata includes two members with deletions of the conserved K domain

Plant Science

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-176

  Walden, Adrian R ^a,b   Wang, Daniel Y ^c   Walter, Christian ^b   Gardner, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gymnosperm; K domain; MADS box; Pinus radiata; TM3

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; TREE;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 0032561703     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(98)00160-5     Document Type: Article

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