Silencing of an anther-specific zinc-finger gene, MEZ1, causes aberrant meiosis and pollen abortion in petunia

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 415-430

  Kapoor, Sanjay ^a,b   Takatsuji, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Male sterile; Meiosis; Petunia; Ploidy; Transcription factor; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

MALE STERILE; MEIOSIS; PETUNIA; PLOIDY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC-FINGER;

GENES;

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FERTILITY; FLOWER; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; PETUNIA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PLOIDY; POLLEN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; FERTILITY; FLOWERS; GENE SILENCING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; PETUNIA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLOIDIES; POLLEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

ANATOMY; CELLS; CHROMOSOMES; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANT TISSUES; PLANTS;

PETUNIA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 33745728187     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-006-0020-0     Document Type: Article

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