The Polycomb-group protein MEDEA regulates seed development by controlling expression of the MADS-box gene PHERES1

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1540-1553

  Köhler, Claudia ^a   Hennig, Lars ^b   Spillane, Charles ^a   Pien, Stephane ^a,c   Gruissem, Wilhelm ^b   Grossniklaus, Ueli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Embryo; Endosperm; MADS box; MEDEA; Polycomb group

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION DEPENDENT SEED2 PROTEIN; FERTILIZATION INDEPENDENT ENDOSPERM PROTEIN; FIE PROTEIN; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; MEDEA PROTEIN; PHE1 PROTEIN; POLYCOMB GROUP COMPLEX; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ABORTION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOSPERM; FERTILIZATION; FIS GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHERES1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEED ABORTION; SEED DEVELOPMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES; UP-REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0038384463     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.257403     Document Type: Article

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