Stamenless, a tomato mutant with homeotic conversions in petals and stamens

Planta

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 172-179

  Gómez, Pedro ^a   Jamilena, Manuel ^a   Capel, Juan ^a   Zurita, Sergio ^a   Angosto, Trinidad ^a   Lozano, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DEFICIENS like gene; Floral organ identity; Homeotic mutant; Lycopersicon (sl mutant); Male sterility; Stamenless

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GIBBERELLIC ACID; HOMEOTIC GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0039109697     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050619     Document Type: Article

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