Loss-of-function mutations in the maize homeobox gene, knotted1, are defective in shoot meristem maintenance

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 3045-3054

  Kerstetter, Randall A ^a   Laudencia Chingcuanco, Oebbie ^a   Smith, Laurie G ^c   Hake, Sarah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PLANT GENE EXPRESSION CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeobox; knotted1; Maize; Meristem

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOBOX; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ALLELES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MERISTEM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA SPLICING; RNA, PLANT; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030885879     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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