VAJ/GFA1/CLO is involved in the directional control of floral Organ growth

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 515-527

  Yagi, Noriyoshi ^a   Takeda, Seiji ^a,c   Matsumoto, Noritaka ^a   Okada, Kiyotaka ^a,b,d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Directional organ growth; Floral organ development; Pre mRNA splicing

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR 2; PLANT RNA; T DNA; T-DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 2; PHENOTYPE; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 63049139105     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcp011     Document Type: Article

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