Overexpression of PGA37/MYB118 and MYB115 promotes vegetative-to-embryonic transition in Arabidopsis

Cell Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-235

  Wang, Xingchun ^a,b   Niu, Qi Wen ^c   Teng, Chong ^a,b   Li, Chao ^a,b   Mu, Jinye ^a,b   Chua, Nam Hai ^c   Zuo, Jianru ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Embryogenic competence; MYB115; PGA37 MYB118; Somatic embryos

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEC1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MYB115 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MYB118 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WUSCHEL PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; ESTRADIOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 59449090523     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2008.276     Document Type: Article

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