MOTHER OF FT and TFL1 regulates seed germination through a negative feedback loop modulating ABA signaling in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1733-1748

  Xi, Wanyan ^a   Liu, Chang ^a   Hou, Xingliang ^a   Yu, Hao ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABI3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ABI5 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GIBBERELLIN; MFT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PLANT RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT SEED;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, PLANT; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77955904966     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.073072     Document Type: Article

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