VERDANDI is a direct target of the MADS domain ovule identity complex and affects embryo sac differentiation in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1702-1715

  Matias Hernandez, Luis ^a   Battaglia, Raffaella ^a   Galbiati, Francesca ^a   Rubes, Marco ^a   Eichenberger, Christof ^b   Grossniklaus, Ueli ^b   Kater, Martin M ^a   Colombo, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; SEEDSTICK PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SHP1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SHP2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OVULE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA, PLANT; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OVULE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77955961894     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.068627     Document Type: Article

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