Anthology of Anther/Pollen-Specific Promoters and Transcription Factors

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 359-390

  Khurana, Reema ^a   Kapoor, Sanjay ^a   Tyagi, Akhilesh K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENOME RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; cis elements; regulatory network; rice

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; AURINIA SAXATILIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84867171631     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2012.664986     Document Type: Article

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