Shade avoidance responses are mediated by the ATHB-2 HD-Zip protein, a negative regulator of gene expression

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 4235-4245

  Steindler, Corinna ^a   Matteucci, Antonella ^b   Sessa, Giovanna ^a   Weimar, Thilo ^a   Ohgishi, Maki ^c   Aoyama, Takashi ^c   Morelli, Giorgio ^b   Ruberti, Ida ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; ATHB 2; Cell elongation; Lateral root formation; Phytochrome responses; Secondary thickening; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

AUXIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOCHROME; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032735095     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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