Transcriptome profiling of maize anthers using genetic ablation to analyze pre-meiotic and tapetal cell types

Plant Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 637-648

  Ma, Jiong ^b   Duncan, David ^a,b   Morrow, Darren J ^b   Fernandes, John ^b   Walbot, Virginia ^b  

^a Stanford University ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anther; Development; Flower; Male sterile; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

CELLS; SEED;

ANTHERS; GENETIC ABLATION; TRANSCRIPTOMES;

GENE EXPRESSION;

MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; MAIZE; MEIOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, PLANT; MEIOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; ZEA MAYS;

CELLS; CORN; FLOWERS; GENES; GRASSES;

POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34248361455     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03074.x     Document Type: Article

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