WUSCHEL induces shoot stem cell activity and developmental plasticity in the root meristem

Genes and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 375-380

  Gallois, Jean Luc ^a   Nora, Fabiana R ^a   Mizukami, Yukiko ^b   Sablowski, Robert ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Auxin; Embryogenesis; LEAFY; Pluripotency; WUSCHEL

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WUSCHEL GENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 1542313927     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.291204     Document Type: Article

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