Cloning and quantification of expression levels of two MADS-box genes from Momordica charantia

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 222-230

  Peng, S M ^a   Luo, T ^a   Zhou, J Y ^a   Niu, B ^a   Lei, N F ^a   Tang, L ^a   Chen, F ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AGAMOUS; AGL6; Bitter gourd; Expression pattern; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 46149113258     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-008-0049-9     Document Type: Article

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