Isolation and characterization of an AGAMOUS homolog from Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 344-351

  du, Ningxia ^a   Pijut, Paula M ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Flower development; Green ash; MADS box

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS PENNSYLVANICA;

EID: 77952880923     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-009-0163-7     Document Type: Article

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