Diverse roles and mechanisms of gene regulation by the Arabidopsis seed maturation master regulator FUS3 revealed by microarray analysis

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2031-2046

  Yamamoto, Akiko ^a   Kagaya, Yasuaki ^b   Usui, Haruko ^b   Hobo, Tokunori ^a   Takeda, Shin ^a   Hattori, Tsukaho ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ABA; Arabidopsis thaliana; B3 transcription factor; Estrogen; FUSCA3 (FUS3); Microarray; Seed development

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ESTROGEN; FUSCA3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PLANT RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION;

ABSCISIC ACID; ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; ESTROGENS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT; SEEDLING; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; UP-REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 78651303096     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq162     Document Type: Article

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