Floral stem cells: From dynamic balance towards termination

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 613-616

  Sun, Bo ^a   Ito, Toshiro ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developmental timing; Floral meristem; Histone modification; Stem cell; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AGAMOUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLAVATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CRABS CLAW; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR KNUCKLES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PERIANTHIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REBELOTE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SUPERMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ULTRAPETALA1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR WUSCHEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS AGAMOUS PROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CLV1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; KNUCKLES PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; WUSCHEL PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPIGENETICS; FLOWER; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS;

AGAMOUS PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MERISTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; STEM CELLS;

EID: 77953235345     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0380613     Document Type: Review

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