HD-Zip III Homeobox Genes that Include a Novel Member, ZeHB-13 (Zinnia)/ATHB-15 (Arabidopsis), are Involved in Procambium and Xylem Cell Differentiation

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1350-1358

  Ohashi Ito, Kyoko ^a   Fukuda, Hiroo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Institute of Physical and Chemical Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brassinosteroids; Homeobox gene; Procambium; Vascular development; Xylem differentiation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BRASSINAZOLE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HB 15 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HB-15 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ASTERACEAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRIAZOLES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ASTERACEAE; ZINNIA;

EID: 0742305480     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg164     Document Type: Article

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