Over-expression of tobacco knotted1-type class1 homeobox genes alters various leaf morphology

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 583-590

  Nishimura, Asuka ^a   Tamaoki, Masanori ^a,c   Sakamoto, Tomoaki ^b   Matsuoka, Makoto ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

kn1 type homeobox family; KNOX domain; Leaf morphology; Tobacco; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; KNOTTED1 TYPE CLASS 1 HOMEOBOX GENE; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAF;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0034097044     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/41.5.583     Document Type: Article

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