A novel rice bHLH transcription factor, DTD, acts coordinately with tdr in controlling tapetum function and pollen development

Molecular Plant

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1715-1718

  Ji, Chonghui ^a   Li, Heying ^a   Chen, Libin ^a   Xie, Min ^a   Wang, Fengping ^a   Chen, Yuanling ^a   Liu, Yao Guang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LETTER; METABOLISM; POLLEN; RICE;

APOPTOSIS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; POLLEN;

EID: 84885077548     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst046     Document Type: Letter

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