MDH1: An apple homeobox gene belonging to the BEL1 family

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 623-633

  Dong, Yi Hu ^a,b   Yao, Jia Long ^a   Atkinson, Ross G ^a   Putterill, Joanna J ^b   Morris, Bret A ^a   Gardner, Richard C ^b  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cell morphology; Fertility; Fruit development; Homeobox; Malus domestica; Ovule

Indexed keywords

BEL1 GENE; CELL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; DWARFISM; FERTILITY; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMEOBOX; MDH1 GENE; MESSENGER RNA; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0034099032     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006301224125     Document Type: Article

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