Temperature sensitive diphtheria toxin confers conditional male-sterility in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-42

  Guerineau, François ^a   Sorensen, Anna Marie ^a   Fenby, Nick ^a   Scott, Rod J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anther; conditional; diphtheria toxin; male sterility; pollen; tapetum

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244470936     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-7652.2003.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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