Flowering genes in Metrosideros fit a broad herbaceous model encompassing Arabidopsis and Antirrhinum

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 163-173

  Sreekantan, Lekha ^a,d   Clemens, John ^a   McKenzie, Marian J ^b   Lenton, John R ^c   Croker, Steve J ^c   Jameson, Paula E ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MODAL ANALYSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROBABILITY;

BIMODAL PATTERNS; FLOWERING GENES; GENETIC MODELS; SPATIAL EXPRESSIONS;

PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; METROSIDEROS; METROSIDEROS EXCELSA; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 2442442105     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-9317.2004.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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