Characterization of a gene highly expressed in the Brassica napus pistil that encodes a novel proline-rich protein

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 261-267

  Foster, Elizabeth ^a,c   Lévesque Lemay, Madeleine ^a   Schneiderman, Danielle ^a   Albani, Diego ^b   Schernthaner, Johann ^a   Routly, Elizabeth ^a   Robert, Laurian S ^a  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Brassica napus; Pistil gene; Proline rich protein; SLR promoter

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA NAPUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 17644378102     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-004-0236-6     Document Type: Article

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