The role of floral organs in carpels, an Arabidopsis loss-of-function mutation in MicroRNA160a, in organogenesis and the mechanism regulating its expression

Plant Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 416-428

  Liu, Xiaodong ^a   Huang, Jian ^a   Wang, Yao ^a   Khanna, Kanhav ^b   Xie, Zhixin ^b   Owen, Heather A ^a   Zhao, Dazhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxin; AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR; Embryogenesis; MicroRNA; MicroRNA160a; Organogenesis

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL CELL DIVISION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS MUTANT; AUXIN RESPONSE; AUXIN RESPONSE FACTORS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPRESSION PATTERNS; FLORAL ORGANS; KEY REGULATORS; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; PHENOTYPIC ANALYSIS; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; REGULATORY REGIONS;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; TRANSCRIPTION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MICRORNA; PLANT RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFLORESCENCE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT SEED;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; INFLORESCENCE; MICRORNAS; MUTATION; RNA, PLANT; SEEDS;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 77950934074     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04164.x     Document Type: Article

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