Functional Analysis of the Promoter of a Female-Specific Cucumber CsACS1G Gene

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 235-241

  Wu, Tao ^a   Qin, Zhiwei ^a   Feng, Zhuo ^a   Zhou, Xiuyan ^a   Xin, Ming ^a   Du, Yalin ^a  

^a NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CsACS1G; Cucumber; Promoter; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; ARABIDOPSIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 84856085376     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-011-0318-1     Document Type: Article

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