Cell division events are essential for embryo patterning and morphogenesis: Studies on dominant-negative cdc2aAt mutants of Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-130

  Hemerly, Adriana S ^a   Ferreira, Paulo C G ^a   Van Montagu, Marc ^b   Engler, Gilbert ^c   Inzé, Dirk ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apical basal pattern; Cell division; Dominant negative cdc2a mutant; Embryogenesis; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; GENETIC LINE; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; MUTANT; PLANT EMBRYOGENESIS; PLANT GROWTH; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; CDC2-CDC28 KINASES; CELL DIVISION; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 2; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; GENES, DOMINANT; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SEEDS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0033886754     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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