Male gametic cell-specific expression of H2A and H3 histone genes

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 607-614

  Xu, Hulling ^a   Swoboda, Ines ^a   Bhalla, Prem L ^a   Singh, Mohan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Generative cell; Histone; Lilium longiflorum; Male gamete; Pollen

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION; FLOWERING; GAMETE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTONE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HISTONES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LILIACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLLEN; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033083486     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006162120037     Document Type: Article

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