SLOW WALKER3, encoding a putative DEAD-box RNA helicase, is essential for female gametogenesis in Arabidopsis

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 817-828

  Liu, Man ^a,b   Shi, Dong Qiao ^a   Yuan, Li ^a,b   Liu, Jie ^a   Yang, Wei Cai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

CELL ORGANELLE; DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMETOGENESIS; GAMETOPHYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; RNA; SEPARATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MUTATION; OVULE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENES, PLANT; MUTATION; OVULE;

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77955967219     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2010.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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