Gene-specific changes in α-tubulin transcript accumulation in developing cotton fibers

Plant Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 181-188

  Whittaker, David J ^a   Triplett, Barbara A ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ELONGATION; FIBER PRODUCTION; GENETIC CHANGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0033199031     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.121.1.181     Document Type: Article

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