The UNUSUAL FLORAL ORGANS gene of Arabidopsis thaliana is an F-box protein required for normal patterning and growth in the floral meristem

Plant Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 433-445

  Samach, Alon ^a,c   Klenz, Jennifer E ^a   Kohalmi, Susanne E ^b,d   Risseeuw, Eddy ^b   Haughn, George W ^a,c   Crosby, William L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME SUBUNIT; FLOWERING; GENE PROBE; GENE PRODUCT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; PLANT GENETICS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; UBIQUITIN; YEAST;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033226672     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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