In silico identification of putative regulatory sequence elements in the 5′-untranslated region of genes that are expressed during male gametogenesis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-83

  Hulzink, Raymond Jozef Maurinus ^a   Weerdesteyn, Han ^a   Croes, Anton Felix ^a   Gerats, Tom ^a   Van Herpen, Marinus Maria Antonius ^a   Van Helden, Jacques ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); STATISTICAL METHODS;

POLLENS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037508499     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.014894     Document Type: Article

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