Disruption of Arabidopsis thaliana MYB26 results in male sterility due to non-dehiscent anthers

Plant Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 519-528

  Steiner Lange, Sabine ^a   Unte, Ulrike S ^a   Eckstein, Luca ^a   Yang, Caiyun ^b   Wilson, Zoe A ^b   Schmelzer, Elmon ^a   Dekker, Koen ^a   Saedler, Heinz ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anther development; Arabidopsis thaliana; Dehiscence; Male sterility; ms35; MYB transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

STERILE MUTANTS;

MUTAGENESIS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLOPENTANES; FERTILITY; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYB; RNA, MESSENGER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; TRANSPOSONS; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0038531080     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01745.x     Document Type: Article

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