The ROOT MERISTEMLESS1/CADMIUM SENSITIVE2 gene defines a glutathione-dependent pathway involved in initiation and maintenance of cell division during postembryonic root development

Plant Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-109

  Vernoux, Teva ^a   Wilson, Robert C ^b,e   Seeley, Kevin A ^b,f   Reichheld, Jean Philippe ^a   Muroy, Sandra ^b   Brown, Spencer ^c   Maughan, Spencer C ^d   Cobbett, Christopher S ^d   Van Montagu, Marc ^a   Inzé, Dirk ^a   May, Mike J ^a,g   Sung, Zinmay R ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e Hedmark College   (Norway)

^f Gelman Sciences   (United States)

^g Bayer Cropscience Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MUTANT; GENE MUTATION; GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOZYGOSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CELL CULTURE; ROOTING; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE; TOBACCO; WILD RELATIVE;

ARABIDOPSIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 17644432094     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3871032     Document Type: Article

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