Isolation and characterization of a gene expressed during early embryo sac development in apomictic guinea grass (Panicum maximum)

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-62

  Chen, Lanzhuang ^a,b   Miyazaki, Chikara ^c   Kojima, Akio ^a   Sato, Akira ^a   Adachi, Taiji ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Aposporous (embryo sac) initial cell; CDNA cloning; Guinea grass (Panicum maximum); Sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOMIXIS; CDNA LIBRARY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCING; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT EMBRYOGENESIS; PLANT GENETICS; POLYGALACTURONASE 1; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; GLYCINE MAX; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PANICUM MAXIMUM; VICIA FABA;

EID: 0033004659     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(99)80318-6     Document Type: Article

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