Gene trap lines define domains of gene regulation in Arabidopsis petals and stamens

Plant Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2486-2506

  Nakayama, Naomi ^a   Arroyo, Juana M ^b   Simorowski, Joseph ^b   May, Bruce ^b   Martienssen, Robert ^b   Irish, Vivian F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMARKERS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

ABAXIAL/ADAXIAL AXES; DIFFERENTIATION PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTANTS;

GENES;

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHENOTYPES; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 33644696439     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.033985     Document Type: Article

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