Isolation and characterization of a MADS-box gene cDNA, PnMADS1, that is expressed in both vegetative and floral meristems of Pharbitis nil

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-144

  Ono, Michiyuki ^a   Sage Ono, Kimiyo ^b   Maruyama, Wakako ^b   Kawakami, Michihiro ^b   Inoue, Masayasu ^a   Kamada, Hiroshi ^b  

^a AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Floral induction; Flower development; MADS box; Pharbitis nil; Vegetative development

Indexed keywords

EID: 7944235823     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.17.137     Document Type: Article

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