A SUPERMAN-like gene is exclusively expressed in female flowers of the dioecious plant silene latifolia

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1127-1141

  Kazama, Yusuke ^a   Fujiwara, Makoto T ^a,b   Koizumi, Ayako ^b   Nishihara, Kiyoshi ^b   Nishiyama, Rie ^a,b   Kifune, Etsuko ^b   Abe, Tomoko ^a   Kawano, Shigeyuki ^b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dioecious plant; Female flower specific expression; Floral development; Silene latifolia; SUPERMAN

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SILENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SILENE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA;

EID: 67649341190     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcp064     Document Type: Article

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