Suppression and restoration of male fertility using a transcription factor

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 297-312

  Li, Song Feng ^a   Iacuone, Sylvana ^a   Parish, Roger W ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chimeric repressor; Hybrid seed; Male sterility; MYB; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BOTRYTIS SUSCEPTIBLE1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PLANT DNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FERTILITY; GENE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; PROMOTER REGION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA, PLANT; FERTILITY; GENES, PLANT; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLLEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 33847238796     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2007.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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