Developmental analyses reveal early arrests of the spore-bearing parts of reproductive organs in unisexual flowers of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.)

Planta

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 230-240

  Bai, Su Lan ^a   Peng, Yi Ben ^a   Cui, Ji Xin ^a   Gu, Hai Tao ^a   Xu, Li Yun ^a   Li, Yi Qin ^b   Xu, Zhi Hong ^a   Bai, Shu Nong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cucumis; CUM1 gene expression; Unisexual flower development

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DNA; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MORPHOLOGY; VEGETATION;

FLORAL ORGANS; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSIONS; SPORE-BEARING PARTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CUM PROTEIN, CUCUMIS SATIVUS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CUCUMBER; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS;

ANATOMY; FLOWERS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MAGNOLIA; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; REPRODUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 11844287710     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-004-1342-2     Document Type: Article

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