A novel arabidopsis marker line that strongly labels uninucleate microspores and the subsequent male gametophyte development stages

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  da Costa Nunes, José António ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

At5g17340; GFP; GUS; Marker line; Microspore; Pollen

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878779588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-237     Document Type: Article

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