Isolation and Characterization of an AGAMOUS-Like Gene from Magnolia wufengensis (Magnoliaceae)

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 690-698

  Wu, Wentao ^a   Chen, Faju ^a,b   Jing, Danlong ^a   Liu, Zhixiong ^c   Ma, Lvyi ^b  

^a CHINA THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AGAMOUS; C class MADS box gene; Flower development; Magnolia wufengensis

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CORE EUDICOTYLEDONS; MAGNOLIA; MAGNOLIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84860995166     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-011-0385-3     Document Type: Article

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