Isolation and Characterization of an AGAMOUS Homologue PmAG from the Japanese Apricot (Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc.)

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 473-480

  Hou, Ji Hua ^a   Gao, Zhi Hong ^a   Zhang, Zhen ^a   Chen, Su Mei ^a   Ando, Toshi ^b   Zhang, Ji Yu ^a   Wang, Xin Wei ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AGAMOUS; Expression; Japanese apricot; MADS box gene

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM; PRUNUS; PRUNUS ARMENIACA; PRUNUS MUME; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 79953023981     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-010-0248-3     Document Type: Article

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