Quantitative expression analysis of meristem identity genes in Eucalyptus occidentalis: AP1 is an expression marker for flowering

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 304-312

  Jaya, Elizabeth S K D ^a,b   Clemens, John ^a,c,d   Song, Jiancheng ^a,c   Zhang, Huaibi ^e   Jameson, Paula E ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b VABC   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

^e THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

APETALA1; LEAFY; Myrtaceae; QRT PCR; TERMINAL FLOWER1

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

EVERGREEN TREE; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECOCIALITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUCALYPTUS; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; EUCALYPTUS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MERISTEM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS OCCIDENTALIS; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 76349104221     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpp117     Document Type: Article

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