KNAT6 gene of Arabidopsis is expressed in roots and is required for correct lateral root formation

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-84

  Dean, Gillian ^a,b   Casson, Stuart ^a   Lindsey, Keith ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; KNAT6; KNOX genes; Root development

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

GENE FAMILY; ISOFORMS;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; KNUCKLES PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 3442880813     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PLAN.0000028772.22892.2d     Document Type: Article

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