KNUCKLES (KNU) encodes a C2H2 zinc-finger protein that regulates development of basal pattern elements of the Arabidopsis gynoecium

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3737-3749

  Payne, Thomas ^a   Johnson, Susan D ^a   Koltunow, Anna M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

C2H2 zinc finger; Floral development; Fruit development; KNUCKLES; Parthenocarpy

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYSTEINE; GUANINE; MOLECULAR MARKER; PROTEIN KNUCKLES; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BUD; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARPEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME 5; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULE; PARTHENOCARPY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; STAMEN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZINC FINGERS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 4444330319     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01216     Document Type: Article

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