The AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 2 gene of Arabidopsis links auxin signalling, cell division, and the size of seeds and other organs

Development

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-261

  Schruff, Marie C ^a   Spielman, Melissa ^a   Tiwari, Sushma ^a   Adams, Sally ^b   Fenby, Nick ^a   Scott, Rod J ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Auxin Response Factor 2; Integuments; Megaintegumenta; Ovule; Seed size

Indexed keywords

ARF PROTEIN; AUXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS POLLINATION; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEED SIZE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; DNA, PLANT; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 32244447078     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02194     Document Type: Article

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