A Bsister MADS-box gene involved in ovule and seed development in petunia and Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 934-946

  De Folter, Stefan ^a   Shchennikova, Anna V ^b   Franken, John ^a   Busscher, Marco ^a   Baskar, Ramamurthy ^c,d   Grossniklaus, Ueli ^c   Angenent, Gerco C ^a   Immink, Richard G H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Bsister MADS box gene; Development; Endothelium; Ovule; Petunia; Seed

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROTEINS; SEED;

B SISTER MADS-BOX GENE; ENDOTHELIUM; OVULE; PETUNIA;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS; PROTEINS; SEEDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PETUNIA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PETUNIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PETUNIA; SEEDS;

EID: 33748316464     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02846.x     Document Type: Article

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