Maize MADS-box genes galore

Maydica

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 287-301

  Munster T ^a   Deleu, W ^a   Wingen, L U ^a   Ouzunova, M ^d   Cacharron J ^a   Faigl, W ^a   Werth, S ^a   Kim, J T T ^a,b   Saedler, H ^a   Theissen G ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d Zentrum Identifizierung G ^*

Author keywords

Crop design; Evo devo; Flower development; Gene family

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036994370     PISSN: 00256153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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