Floral induction in tissue culture: A system for the analysis of LEAFY-dependent gene regulation

Plant Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 273-282

  Wagner, Doris ^a,b   Wellmer, Frank ^a   Dilks, Kieran ^b   William, Dilusha ^b   Smith, Michael R ^b   Kumar, Prakash P ^c   Riechmann, José Luis ^a   Greenland, Andrew J ^d   Meyerowitz, Elliot M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Callus; Floral induction; Floral meristem identity; Flower development; Gene expression analysis; LEAFY

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TISSUE CULTURE; VEGETATION;

SHOOT REGENERATION; VEGETATIVE DEVELOPMENT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AP1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; LFY PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DNA MICROARRAY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT SHOOTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 3142724695     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02127.x     Document Type: Article

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