Diversification of genes encoding mei2-like RNA binding proteins in plants

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 653-670

  Anderson, Garrett H ^a   Alvarez, Nena D G ^b   Gilman, Carmel ^b   Jeffares, Daniel C ^b   Trainor, Vernon C W ^b   Hanson, Maureen R ^a   Veit, Bruce ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

apical meristem; cell differentiation; cell division; evolution; mei2; RNA binding protein

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEINS; EXPRESSION PATTERNS; FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEINS; RNA; SIGNAL ENCODING; YEAST;

GENES;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PLANT DNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN MOTIF; RICE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CODING; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHENOTYPES; PROTEINS; YEASTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; ORYZA SATIVA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 4544227964     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PLAN.0000040819.33383.b6     Document Type: Article

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