Flower form alteration by genetic transformation with the class B MADS-box genes of Agapanthus praecox spp. orientalis in transgenic dicot and monocot plants

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 425-429

  Nakano, Masaru ^a   Umehara, Hiroto ^a   Hara, Yoshihiro ^a   Makino, Motohide ^a   Igarashi, Mika ^a   Nakada, Mutsumi ^b   Nakamura, Toru ^b   Hoshino, Yoichiro ^c   Kanno, Akira ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agapanthus; Flower form alteration; Lettuce; MADS box gene; Tobacco; Transgenic plant; Tricyrtis

Indexed keywords

GENES; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TOBACCO;

AGAPANTHUS; CLASS B; FLOWER FORM ALTERATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MADS-BOX GENES; MONOCOTS; MORPHOLOGICAL ALTERATION; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS; TRANSGENICS; TRICYRTIS;

LETTUCE;

AGAPANTHUS; AGAPANTHUS PRAECOX; DICOTYLEDONEAE; LACTUCA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TRICYRTIS; TRICYRTIS HIRTA;

EID: 34848865914     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-007-9103-0     Document Type: Article

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