Disruption of an RNA helicase/RNAse III gene in Arabidopsis causes unregulated cell division in floral meristems

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 5231-5243

  Jacobsen, Steven E ^a,b   Running, Mark P ^a,c   Meyerowitz, Elliot M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; carpel factory (caf); Flower development; Helicase; Meristem determinacy; RNaseIII

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA HELICASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MERISTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA HELICASES; RNA, PLANT; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033385170     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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