Multiple regulatory mechanisms influence the activity of the transposon, Tam3, of Antirrhinum

New Phytologist

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 343-355

  Uchiyama, Takako ^a   Saito, Yumiko ^a   Kuwabara, Hiroyuki ^a   Fujino, Kaien ^a   Kishima, Yuji ^a   Martin, Cathie ^b   Sano, Yoshio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antirrhinum; Embryogenesis; New Stabiliser; Stabiliser; Transposition; Transposon Tam3

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CHROMOSOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; HERB;

ANTIRRHINUM; ARTICLE; COTYLEDON; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSPOSON;

ANTIRRHINUM; COTYLEDON; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HYPOCOTYL; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

ANTIRRHINUM;

EID: 47249122575     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02477.x     Document Type: Article

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