Transgene-triggered, epigenetically regulated ectopic expression of a flower homeotic gene pMADS3 in Petunia

Plant Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 649-661

  Kapoor, Meenu ^a,c   Baba, Akiko ^a   Kubo, Ken Ichi ^a   Shibuya, Kenichi ^a   Matsui, Keisuke ^b   Tanaka, Yoshikazu ^b   Takatsuji, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

^c GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Class C; Epigenetic; Gene silencing; MADS box; Petunia

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLASS C; EPIGENETIC; GENE SILENCING; MADS BOX; PETUNIA;

GENES;

ALLELES; GENES; PHENOTYPES; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; PETUNIA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; FLOWER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; METABOLISM; PETUNIA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PETUNIA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 32944464121     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02481.x     Document Type: Article

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