Identification and possible role of a MYB transcription factor from saffron (Crocus sativus)

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 509-515

  Gómez Gómez, Lourdes ^a   Trapero Mozos, Almudena ^a   Gómez, Maria Dolores ^b   Rubio Moraga, Angela ^a   Ahrazem, Oussama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crocus sativus; Expression analysis; MYB; Phylogenetics; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CROCUS; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CROCUS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS;

EID: 84856768495     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2011.11.021     Document Type: Article

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