The SCARECROW gene's role in asymmetric cell divisions in rice plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-54

  Kamiya, Noriko ^a   Itoh, Jun Ichi ^b   Morikami, Atsushi ^c   Nagato, Yasuo ^b   Matsuoka, Makoto ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell division; Ligule formation; Rice; SCARECROW; SHORT ROOT; Stomatal development

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENES;

CELL DIVISION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0141976760     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01856.x     Document Type: Article

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