The Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor Family in the Sacred Lotus, Nelumbo Nucifera

Tropical Plant Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 65-70

  Hudson, Karen A ^a   Hudson, Matthew E ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

bHLH; Sacred lotus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901983847     PISSN: 19359756     EISSN: 19359764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12042-014-9138-4     Document Type: Article

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