Validation of Aintegumenta as a gene to modify floral size in ornamental plants

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1053-1065

  Manchado Rojo, María ^a   Weiss, Julia ^a   Egea Cortines, Marcos ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aintegumenta; Cell expansion; Floral size; Network motif; Transgenic Antirrhinum

Indexed keywords

ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; ARABIDOPSIS; PETUNIA;

AINTEGUMENTA PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; DOWN REGULATION; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PETUNIA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION;

ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PETUNIA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84925940019     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12212     Document Type: Article

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