Taking the very first steps: From polarity to axial domains in the early Arabidopsis embryo

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1687-1697

  Jeong, Sangho ^a   Bayer, Martin ^b   Lukowitz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auxin; cytokinin; gene expression; MAP kinase; meristem; patterning; root; shoot; signaling; zygote

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MERISTEM; PLANT ROOTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 79952339176     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq398     Document Type: Review

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