Expression of AODEF, a B-functional MADS-box gene, in stamens and inner tepals of the dioecious species Asparagus officinalis L.

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 867-875

  Park, J H ^a   Ishikawa, Y ^a   Yoshida, R ^a   Kanno, A ^a   Kameya, T ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asparagus officinalis L.; DEFICIENS; Dioecious; Flower development; MADS box gene

Indexed keywords

GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

VEGETATIVE TISSUES;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPARAGUS PLANT; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS;

EID: 0037720190     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023097202885     Document Type: Article

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