UFO in the Arabidopsis inflorescence apex is required for floral-meristem identity and bract suppression

Planta

Volumn 223, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 769-778

  Hepworth, Shelley R ^a   Klenz, Jennifer E ^a   Haughn, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cryptic bract; Floral meristem identity; LFY; UFO

Indexed keywords

AP1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; LFY PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UFO PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MUTATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MERISTEM; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 33744965905     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-0138-3     Document Type: Article

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