Isolation of a MADS-box gene (ERAF17) and correlation of its expression with the induction of formation of female flowers by ethylene in cucumber plants (Cucumis sativus L.)

Planta

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 943-952

  Ando, Sugihiro ^a   Sato, Yuka ^a   Kamachi, Shin'ichiro ^a   Sakai, Shingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cucumis (flower formation); Ethylene; Flower formation; MADS box gene

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CULTIVAR; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; DNA FRAGMENT; ETHEPHON; ETHYLENE; FEMALE; FLOWER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MADS BOX GENE; NATURAL PRODUCT; SEEDLING; SEX EXPRESSION;

DNA SEQUENCES; ETHYLENE; GENES;

TRANSCRIPTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0034783177     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250100571     Document Type: Article

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