The AGL62 MADS domain protein regulates cellularization during endosperm development in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 635-647

  Kang, Il Ho ^a,b   Steffen, Joshua G ^a   Portereiko, Michael F ^a,c   Lloyd, Alan ^a   Drews, Gary N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Ceres Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDS;

EID: 48249142888     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.107.055137     Document Type: Article

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