Functional analysis of the two Brassica AP3 genes involved in Apetalous and Stamen Carpelloid Phenotypes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Yanfeng ^a,b   Wang, Xuefang ^b   Zhang, Wenxue ^b   Yu, Fei ^a   Tian, Jianhua ^b   Li, Dianrong ^b   Guo, Aiguang ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hybrid Rapeseed Research Center of Shaanxi Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APETALA3 GENE; APETALA3.A GENE; APETALA3.B GENE; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PETAL; PISTILLATA GENE; PLANT GENE; RAPESEED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAMEN; TURNIP; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA;

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BRASSICA; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 79959735148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020930     Document Type: Article

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