Analysis of the transcription factor WUSCHEL and its functional homologue in Antirrhinum reveals a potential mechanism for their roles in meristem maintenance

Plant Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 560-573

  Kieffer, Martin ^a   Stern, Yaniv ^a   Cook, Holly ^a   Clerici, Elena ^a   Maulbetsch, Christoph ^b   Laux, Thomas ^b   Davies, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENES;

ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ROSULATA (ROA); WUSCHEL GENE (WUS);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CELLS; GENES; PLANTS;

ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WSIP1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; WSIP2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; WUSCHEL PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MERISTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33646832339     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.039107     Document Type: Article

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