Discovery, phylogeny and expression patterns of AP2-like genes in maize

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-58

  Zhuang, Jing ^a,c   Deng, De Xiang ^b   Yao, Quan Hong ^a   Zhang, Jian ^c   Xiong, Fei ^b   Chen, Jian Min ^b   Xiong, Ai Sheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EDIBLE FUNGI   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

AP2 ERF; Arabidopsis thaliana; Expression profile; Maize; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77955086378     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-010-9484-7     Document Type: Article

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