The transparent testa 16 locus encodes the arabidopsis bsister mads domain protein and is required for proper development and pigmentation of the seed coat

Plant Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2463-2479

  Nesi, Nathalie ^a   Debeaujon, Isabelle ^a   Jond, Clarisse ^a   Stewart, Amanda J ^a   Jenkins, Gareth I ^a   Caboche, Michel ^a   Lepiniec, Loïc ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; DNA; PROTEINS; SCREENING; SEED;

PIGMENTATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA;

ANTHOCYANIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FLAVONOID; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; PIGMENT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; TT16 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SIZE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT SEED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHOCYANINS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL SIZE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0036771661     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.004127     Document Type: Article

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