The rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis Muell. Arg.) homologue of the LEAFY/FLORICAULA gene is preferentially expressed in both male and female floral meristems

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 417, 2005, Pages 1965-1974

  Dornelas, Marcelo Carnier ^a,b   Rodriguez, Adriana Pinheiro Martinelli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Development; Flowering; Gene expression; LEAFY; Plant reproduction; Rubber tree

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RUBBER; VEGETATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; EUPHORBIACEAE SPECIES; FLOWER MERISTEMS; WOODY SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; FLOWER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEVEA; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; REPRODUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HEVEA; MERISTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REPRODUCTION;

FLOWERS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEVEA; LEAVES; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 21344455925     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri194     Document Type: Article

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