Antisense transgenesis of tobacco with a flax pectin methylesterase affects pollen ornamentation

Protoplasma

Volumn 222, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 205-209

  Lacoux, J ^a   Gutierrez, L ^a   Dantin, F ^a   Beaudoin, B ^a   Roger, D ^a   Laine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

Exine; Linum usitatissimum; Nicotiana tabacum; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLESTERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PECTINESTERASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; DNA, ANTISENSE; FLOWERS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; TOBACCO;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0345767514     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-003-0019-1     Document Type: Article

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