Genome-wide classification and expression analysis of nucleobase-ascorbate transporter (NAT) gene family in tomato

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-30

  Cai, Xiaofeng ^a   Ye, Jie ^a   Hu, Tixu ^a   Zhang, Yuyang ^a   Ye, Zhibiao ^a   Li, Hanxia ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gene structure; Motif analysis; NAT; Nucleobase ascorbate transporters; Phylogenies; Tomato

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898411153     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-013-9864-x     Document Type: Article

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