Organ identity genes and modified patterns of flower development in Gerbera hybrida (Asteraceae)

Plant Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-62

  Yu, Deyue ^a,b,d   Kotilainen, Mika ^a   Pöllänen, Eija ^a   Mehto, Merja ^a   Elomaa, Paula ^a   Helariutta, Yrjö ^a,c   Albert, Victor A ^c   Teeri, Teemu H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Lewis B Dorothy Cullman Prog M   (United States)

^d NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ASTERACEAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ASTERACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; GERBERA; GERBERA HYBRID CULTIVAR; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0033000850     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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