AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 2 (ARF2): A pleiotropic developmental regulator

Plant Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-46

  Okushima, Yoko ^a,b   Mitina, Irina ^a   Quach, Hong L ^a   Theologis, Athanasios ^a  

^a PLANT GENE EXPRESSION CENTER   (United States)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACC synthase; Auxin response factor; Growth; Senescence

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; GENES; MORPHOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; AUXIN RESPONSE FACTORS (ARF); AUXIN-MEDIATED DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES; CELL GROWTH;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ARF2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CHROMOSOME; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEEDS;

ACTIVATION; ANATOMY; CELLS; GENES; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 22044442256     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02426.x     Document Type: Article

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