Identification and characterization of flowering genes in kiwifruit: Sequence conservation and role in kiwifruit flower development

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Varkonyi Gasic, Erika ^a   Moss, Sarah M ^a   Voogd, Charlotte ^a   Wu, Rongmei ^a   Lough, Robyn H ^a   Wang, Yen Yi ^a   Hellens, Roger P ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDIA; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CROP; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KIWIFRUIT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ACTINIDIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC MARKERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 79955078351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-72     Document Type: Article

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