Separable roles of UFO during floral development revealed by conditional restoration of gene function

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 785-796

  Laufs, Patrick ^a,b   Coen, Enrico ^b   Kronenberger, Jocelyne ^a   Traas, Jan ^a   Doonan, John ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Conditional expression; Flower development; UFO

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARABIDOPSIS; CARPEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FLORAL WHORL; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PETAL; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENETICS; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAMEN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BODY PATTERNING; ETHANOL; FLOWERING TOPS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0037324794     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00295     Document Type: Review

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