Silencing gene expression of the ethylene-forming enzyme results in a reversible inhibition of ovule development in transgenic tobacco plants

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1061-1071

  De Martinis, Domenico ^a,b   Mariani, Celestina ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANE 1 CARBOXYLATE OXIDASE; ETHYLENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; PLANT GENETICS; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0032740906     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.6.1061     Document Type: Article

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