Signaling from the embryo conditions Vp1-mediated repression of α-amylase genes in the aleurone of developing maize seeds

Plant Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 371-377

  Hoecker, Ute ^a   Vasil, Indra K ^b   McCarty, Donald R ^b  

^a PLANT GENE EXPRESSION CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ALEURONE; AMYLASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE REPRESSION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ABSCISIC ACID; ALPHA-AMYLASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOSAICISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; ZEA MAYS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033180216     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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