NTR1 encodes a floral nectary-specific gene in Brassica campestris L. ssp. pekinensis

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 647-655

  Song, Jong Tae ^a   Seo, Hak Soo ^a   Song, Sang Ik ^a   Lee, Jong Seob ^a   Choi, Yang Do ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brassica campestris L. ssp. pekinensis; Floral nectary; Flower; Nectarin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLARKIA BREWERI; CLONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; FLOWERING; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC SCREENING; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLATION; NTR1 GENE; NTR1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRASSICA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA RAPA; CLARKIA BREWERI; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0342748409     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006381625421     Document Type: Article

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