Segregation distortion in Arabidopsis gametophytic factor 1 (gfa1) mutants is caused by a deficiency of an essential RNA splicing factor

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-97

  Coury, Daniel A ^a   Zhang, Changqing ^a   Ko, Ara ^a   Skaggs, Megan I ^a   Christensen, Cory A ^b,c   Drews, Gary N ^b   Feldmann, Kenneth A ^a,c   Yadegari, Ramin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Ceres Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Female gametophyte; Male gametophyte; RNA splicing; Segregation distortion

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 34249067974     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-007-0046-8     Document Type: Article

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