Flower and fruit development in Arabidopsis thaliana

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 633-643

  Robles, Pedro ^a   Pelaz, Soraya ^b,c  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Flower development; Fruit patterning

Indexed keywords

MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ALC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SHP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEED DISPERSAL; SEPALLATA GENE; SILIQUE; SURVIVAL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BODY PATTERNING; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 27744597108     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.052020pr     Document Type: Review

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