Class i KNOX genes are associated with organogenesis during bulbil formation in Agave tequilana

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4055-4067

  Abraham Juárez, María Jazmín ^a   Martínez Hernández, Aída ^b   Leyva González, Marco Antonio ^a   Herrera Estrella, Luis ^a   Simpson, June ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Campeche ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agave tequilana; Arabidopsis transformation; bulbils; cDNA libraries; in situ hybridization; KNOX genes; meristems

Indexed keywords

AGAVE; AGAVE TEQUILANA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AGAVE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF;

AGAVE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MERISTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 77956581645     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq215     Document Type: Article

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