The conserved KNOX domain mediates specificity of tobacco KNOTTED1-type homeodomain proteins

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1419-1431

  Sakamoto, Tomoaki ^a,b   Nishimura, Asuka ^c   Tamaoki, Masanori ^c,d   Kuba, Masako ^c   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^b   Iwahori, Shuichi ^a   Matsuoka, Makoto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0033177997     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.8.1419     Document Type: Article

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