A MADS-box gene of Populus deltoides expressed during flower development and in vegetative organs

Tree Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 929-934

  Zhang, Bingyu ^a   Su, Xiaohua ^a   Zhou, Xiangming ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b Tianjin Research Center of Agricultural Biotechnology   (China)

Author keywords

Floral development; Relative quantitative real time PCR; Transcription factor; Transgene flow

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DECIDUOUS TREE; DNA; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FLOW; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 47049107574     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/28.6.929     Document Type: Article

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