AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR8 is a negative regulator of fruit initiation in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1873-1886

  Goetz, Marc ^a   Vivian Smith, Adam ^a,b   Johnson, Susan D ^a   Koltunow, Anna M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORROSION INHIBITORS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CARPEL DEVELOPMENT; FLOWERS SENESCE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL AUTOREGULATION;

FRUITS;

FRUITS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INHIBITORS; PLANTS; SEEDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 33747486352     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.037192     Document Type: Article

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