Identification of Ethylene-Responsive Genes in Ethrel-Treated Shoot Apices of Cucumber by Suppression Subtractive Hybridization

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 875-884

  Jin, Xiaoxia ^a   Qin, Zhiwei ^a   Wu, Tao ^a   Zhou, Xiuyan ^a  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cucumis sativus L.; Ethrel; Gene expression; Sex expression; Suppression subtractive hybridization

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 80255137181     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-011-0304-7     Document Type: Article

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