TELOMERASE ACTIVATOR1 induces telomerase activity and potentiates responses to auxin in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2910-2922

  Ren, Shuxin ^a   Johnston, J Spencer ^a   Shippen, Dorothy E ^a   McKnight, Thomas D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CROPS; ENZYMES; MUTAGENESIS;

CELL CYCLE; EXOGENOUS AUXINS; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE ACTIVATOR1 (TAC1);

CELLS;

AUXINS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS; ENZYMES; FARM CROPS; MUTAGENS; PHENOTYPES; TELOMERS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME ACTIVATOR; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TAC1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TELOMERASE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVATORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELOMERASE; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 16644382730     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.025072     Document Type: Article

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