A Polycomb-group gene regulates homeotic gene expression in Arabidopsis

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6620, 1997, Pages 44-51

  Goodrich, Justin ^a,b,c   Puangsomlee, Preeya ^b,c   Martin, Marta ^b   Long, Deborah ^b   Meyerowitz, Elliot M ^c   Coupland, George ^b  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c King's Buildings   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AGAMOUS PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, REGULATOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0030998525     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386044a0     Document Type: Article

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