Functional domains of SPATULA, a bHLH transcription factor involved in carpel and fruit development in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-52

  Groszmann, Michael ^a,b   Paicu, Teodora ^b   Smyth, David R ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; bHLH; Carpel development; SPATULA; Transcription factor; VP16

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CARRIER PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; SPT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; STY2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TOMATO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ARABIDOPSIS; GYMNOSPERMAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 47249165300     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03469.x     Document Type: Article

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