The FUS3 transcription factor functions through the epidermal regulator TTG1 during embryogenesis in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-81

  Tsuchiya, Yuichiro ^a,b   Nambara, Eiji ^c   Naito, Satoshi ^b   McCourt, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Late embryogenesis; Leafy cotyledons; Plant development

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS; SEED;

EMBRYOGENESIS; MORPHOGENESIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTHOCYANIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ATML1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TTG1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SURFACE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANTHOCYANINS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0346505549     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01939.x     Document Type: Article

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