Correlation between development of female flower buds and expression of the CS-ACS2 gene in cucumber plants

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2897-2907

  Saito, Sayoko ^a   Fujii, Nobuharu ^a   Miyazawa, Yutaka ^a   Yamasaki, Seiji ^b   Matsuura, Seiji ^c   Mizusawa, Hidemasa ^c   Fujita, Yukio ^c   Takahashi, Hideyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c Tohoku Seed Company   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylic acid (ACC); ACC synthase; CS ACS2; Cucumber; Cucumis sativus L.; Ethylene; Gynoecious; Monoecious; Sex expression

Indexed keywords

ACC SYNTHASE; CUCUMBER; GYNOECIOUS; MONOECIOUS; SEX EXPRESSION;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ETHYLENE; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE; 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; LYASE; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CUCUMBER; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ETHYLENES; FLOWERS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYASES; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 34848899218     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm141     Document Type: Article

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