The tropical cedar tree (Cedrela fissilis Vell., Meliaceae) homolog of the Arabidopsis LEAFY gene is expressed in reproductive tissues and can complement Arabidopsis leafy mutants

Planta

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 306-314

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cedrela; FLORICAULA; Flower development; LEAFY; Meliaceae

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; LFY PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CEDRELA; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOWER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CEDRELA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MERISTEM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CEDRELA; CEDRELA FISSILIS; MELIACEAE;

EID: 29444443954     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-0086-y     Document Type: Article

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