Cloning and characterization of ethylene-insensitive 2 (EIN2) gene from Cucumis melo

Russian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 713-719

  Gao, F ^a,b   Hao, J ^a,b   Yao, Y ^a,b   Wang, X ^a   Hasi, A ^a,b  

^a INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Herbage and Endemic Crop Biotechnology   (China)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo; EIN2; ethylene; gene expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881492806     PISSN: 10214437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S102144371305004X     Document Type: Article

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