Microarray analysis reveals altered expression of a large number of nuclear genes in developing cytoplasmic male sterile Brassica napus flowers

Plant Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 452-462

  Carlsson, Jenny ^a   Lagercrantz, Ulf ^a,b   Sundström, Jens ^a   Teixeira, Rita ^a,d   Wellmer, Frank ^c,e   Meyerowitz, Elliot M ^c   Glimelius, Kristina ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Brassica napus; Cytoplasmic male sterility; Flower development; Microarray; Rearranged mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA NAPUS; CYTOPLASMIC MALE STERILITY (CMS); FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; MICROARRAY;

BIOCOMMUNICATIONS; DNA; GENES; PROTEINS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

APETALA 3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; PISTILLATA PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLOWER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT INFERTILITY; RAPESEED;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BRASSICA NAPUS; CELL WALL; DOWN-REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENES, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT INFERTILITY; PLANT PROTEINS;

GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHENOTYPES; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 33846420199     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02975.x     Document Type: Article

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