Comparative Expression and Phylogenetic Analysis of Maize Cytokinin Dehydrogenase/Oxidase (CKX) Gene Family

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 428-440

  Gu, Riliang ^a   Fu, Junjie ^b   Guo, Song ^a   Duan, Fengying ^a   Wang, Zhangkui ^a   Mi, Guohua ^a   Yuan, Lixing ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokinin; Cytokinin dehydrogenase oxidase (CKX); Evolution; Gene expression; Maize

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78650173029     PISSN: 07217595     EISSN: 14358107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00344-010-9155-y     Document Type: Article

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