The MADS-box gene DAL1 is a potential mediator of the juvenile-to-adult transition in Norway spruce (Picea abies)

Plant Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 546-557

  Carlsbecker, Annelie ^a,b   Tandre, Karolina ^a,c   Johanson, Urban ^a,d   Englund, Marie ^a   Engström, Peter ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conifer; Development; LEAFY; MADS transcription factor; NEEDLY; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; FORESTRY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADULT PHASE; EMBRYONIC PHASES; JUVENILE TREES; PLANT LIFE CYCLE;

GENES;

MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; REGULATOR GENE; SPRUCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REGULATOR; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PICEA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

ANATOMY; ATTENUATION; FORESTRY; GENES; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS;

ABIES; ARABIDOPSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 8444227933     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02226.x     Document Type: Article

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