Specific expression of a β-tubulin gene (GhTub1) in developing cotton fibers

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-242

  Li, Yuanli ^a   Sun, Jie ^a,b   Li, Chunhong ^c   Zhu, Yongqing ^c   Xia, Guixian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

tubulin; Cotton; Fiber development; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CLONING; DNA; GENES; POLYMERS;

Β-TUBULIN; FIBER DEVELOPMENT; MICROTUBULES; POLAR ELONGATION;

COTTON FIBERS;

CELLS; CLONES; COTTON; GENES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 33646782911     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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