Creating a two-dimensional pattern de novo during Arabidopsis trichome and root hair initiation

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 422-427

  Pesch, Martina ^a   Hülskamp, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

basic helix loop helix; bHLH; CAPRICE; CPC; EGL3; ENHANCER OF GLABRA3; ENHANCER OF TRIPTYCHON AND CAPRICE1; ETC1; GL; GLABRA; TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA1; TRIPTYCHON; TRY; TTG1; WER; WEREWOLF

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ROOT HAIR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRICHOME;

ARABIDOPSIS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT ROOTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 3142719721     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2004.06.007     Document Type: Review

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