Repression of AGAMOUS-LIKE 24 is a crucial step in promoting flower development

Nature Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-161

  Yu, Hao ^a,b   Ito, Toshiro ^a   Wellmer, Frank ^a   Meyerowitz, Elliot M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAMOUS LIKE 24 PROTEIN; PROTEIN AGL24; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LFY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

APETALA1 GENE; ARTICLE; FLOWER; FLOWERING; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; INFLORESCENCE; LEAFY GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FLOWERING TOPS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0842289256     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1286     Document Type: Article

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