Differential expression of genes important for adaptation in Capsella bursa-pastoris (Brassicaceae)

Plant Physiology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 160-173

  Slotte, Tanja ^a   Holm, Karl ^a   McIntyre, Lauren M ^b   Lagercrantz, Ulf ^a   Lascoux, Martin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; MICROARRAYS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CAPSELLA BURSA PASTORIS; FLOWERING ECOTYPES; GIBBERELLINS; PHOTOPERIODIC FLOWERING;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE; CAPSELLA (ANGIOSPERM); CAPSELLA BURSA-PASTORIS;

EID: 34548674437     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.102632     Document Type: Article

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