Ectopic expression of tobacco MADS genes modulates flowering time and plant architecture

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 576-586

  Jang, Seonghoe ^a   Hong, Moon Young ^b   Chung, Yong Yoon ^c   An, Gynheung ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b PaiChai University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Early Flowering; Flower Development; MADS box; Plant Architecture

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SQUA PROTEIN, ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033621303     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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