Arabidopsis E2Fa plays a bimodal role in regulating cell division and cell growth

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-184

  He, Steve S ^a   Liu, Jimmy ^a   Xie, Zhidong ^a   O'Neill, Dennis ^a   Dotson, Stanton ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cell cycle regulators; Cell number; Cell size; E2F; S6 kinase; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYME INHIBITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIMODAL FUNCTIONS; CELL CYCLES; MAMMALIAN SYSTEMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CELLS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; E2FA PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MESSENGER RNA; S6 KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; E2F TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CELLS; ENZYMES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; PROTEINS; SYNTHESIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 12444280458     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-2748-8     Document Type: Article

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