Transcriptional and hormonal signaling control of Arabidopsis seed development

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 611-620

  Sun, Xiaodong ^a   Shantharaj, Deepak ^a   Kang, Xiaojun ^a   Ni, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ENDOSPERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OVULE; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ENDOSPERM; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; OVULE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; DICOTYLEDONEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 78049279331     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2010.08.009     Document Type: Review

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