Agave tequilana MADS genes show novel expression patterns in meristems, developing bulbils and floral organs

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-26

  del Delgado Sandoval, Silvia Carmen ^a   Juárez, María Jazmín Abraham ^a   Simpson, June ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

A. tequilana; Bulbils; EST; Gene expression; Inflorescence; MADS box

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN;

AGAVE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AGAVE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MERISTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AGAVE TEQUILANA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LILIOPSIDA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84857366802     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-011-0176-x     Document Type: Article

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