The Arabidopsis aborted microspores (ams) gene encodes a MYC class transcription factor

Plant Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 413-423

  Sorensen, Anna Marie ^a   Kröber, Sandra ^a   Unte, Ulrike S ^a   Huijser, Peter ^a   Dekker, Koen ^a   Saedler, Heinz ^a  

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

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Basic helix loop helix motif; Gametogenesis; Male sterility; Microspore development; MYC family

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS;

MUTANT PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037266655     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01644.x     Document Type: Article

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