Functional and expression analysis of Arabidopsis SPA genes during seedling photomorphogenesis and adult growth

Plant Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 577-590

  Fittinghoff, Kirsten ^a,c   Laubinger, Sascha ^a,d   Nixdorf, Markus ^a,c   Fackendahl, Petra ^a,c   Baumgardt, Rosalinde Louise ^a,e   Batschauer, Alfred ^b   Hoecker, Ute ^a,c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Hochhaus am Park   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Light signal transduction; Photomorphogenesis; SPA1

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; LIGHT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS; SPA1;

ENZYMES; MUTAGENESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENES;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; CRY1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; CRY2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; CRYPTOCHROME; FLAVOPROTEIN; PHYA PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PHYTOCHROME A; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SPA1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SPA2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SPA3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SPA4 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEEDLING;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CRYPTOCHROMES; FLAVOPROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; PHYTOCHROME A; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SEEDLING;

ENZYMES; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS; SEEDLINGS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 33746524817     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02812.x     Document Type: Article

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