Ectopic expression of carpel-specific MADS box genes from lily and lisianthus causes similar homeotic conversion of sepal and petal in Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1827-1836

  Tzeng, Tsai Yu ^a   Chen, Hsing Yu ^a   Yang, Chang Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; PROTEINS;

ECTOPIC EXPRESSION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; EUSTOMA; EUSTOMA GRANDIFLORUM; LILIUM; LILIUM LONGIFLORUM; PETUNIA; PETUNIA HYBRIDA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 0036909682     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.007948     Document Type: Article

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