The maize transfer cell-specific type-A response regulator ZmTCRR-1 appears to be involved in intercellular signalling

Plant Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-27

  Muñiz, Luis M ^a   Royo, Joaquín ^a   Gómez, Elisa ^a   Barrero, Cristina ^a   Bergareche, Diego ^a   Hueros, Gregorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endosperm development; Maize endosperm; Response regulator; Signal transduction; Transfer cells

Indexed keywords

ENDOSPERM DEVELOPMENT; MAIZE ENDOSPERM; RESPONSE REGULATORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFER CELLS; TRANSFER-CELL DIFFERENTIATION;

BACTERIA; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; TISSUE; YEAST;

CELLS;

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE DOSAGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEA MAYS;

BACTERIA; CELLS; ENDOSPERM; GENES; PLANT TISSUES; PLANTS; POLLINATION; PROTEINS; YEASTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748630222     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02848.x     Document Type: Article

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