Application of Arabidopsis AGAMOUS second intron for the engineered ablation of flower development in transgenic tobacco

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-259

  Wang, Hui Zhong ^a   Hu, Bin ^a   Chen, Guan Ping ^a   Shi, Nong Nong ^a   Zhao, Yan ^b   Yin, Qi Cai ^a   Liu, Jun Jun ^c  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG GONGSHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

AGAMOUS intron; Barnase; Biosexual sterility; Nicotiana tabacum

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS AGAMOUS PROTEIN; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS RIBONUCLEASE; PLANT RNA; RIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRON; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGAMOUS PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INTRONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, PLANT; SEEDS; TOBACCO;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 38349094490     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-007-0450-4     Document Type: Article

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