A novel orf108 co-transcribed with the atpA gene is associated with cytoplasmic male sterility in Brassica juncea carrying Moricandia arvensis cytoplasm

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 284-289

  Ashutosh, ^a   Kumar, Pankaj ^a   Dinesh Kumar, V ^b   Sharma, Prakash C ^c   Prakash, Shyam ^a   Bhat, Shripad R ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b DIRECTORATE OF OILSEEDS RESEARCH   (India)

^c GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

atpA; Brassica juncea; Cytoplasmic male sterility; Fertility restoration; orf108; Transcript mapping

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRASSICA; BRASSICACEAE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT INFERTILITY;

BRASSICACEAE; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MUSTARD PLANT; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLANT INFERTILITY; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; MORICANDIA ARVENSIS;

EID: 38949200623     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcm182     Document Type: Article

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