Effects of the plant growth regulators on expression of MdTFL1 promoter fused β-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene in apple (Malus spp.) tissues in vitro

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 503-508

  Mimida, Naozumi ^a   Oshino, Hidemi ^a   Li, Jijun ^a   Zhang, Chunfen ^a   Takagishi, Kaori ^a   Moriya Tanaka, Yuki ^b   Iwanami, Hiroshi ^b   Honda, Chikako ^b   Suzuki, Akira ^a   Komori, Sadao ^a   Wada, Masato ^b  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auxin; Cytokinin; Juvenility; Malus spp.; TERMINAL FLOWER1 (TFL1)

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84863139020     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.11.0909a     Document Type: Article

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