Quantitative expression analysis of the ABC genes in Sophora tetraptera, a woody legume with an unusual sequence of floral organ development

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-259

  Song, Jiancheng ^a,b   Clemens, John ^a,b   Jameson, Paula Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Floral identity genes; Floral ontogeny; Legume; qRT PCR; Quantitative expression; Real time PCR; Sophora

Indexed keywords

FABACEAE; SOPHORA; SOPHORA TETRAPTERA;

MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOPHORA; TIME;

FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOPHORA; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 41649084006     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm305     Document Type: Article

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