LEAFY Target Genes Reveal Floral Regulatory Logic, cis Motifs, and a Link to Biotic Stimulus Response

Developmental Cell

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 430-443

  Winter, Cara M ^a   Austin, Ryan S ^b   Blanvillain Baufumé, Servane ^c   Reback, Maxwell A ^a   Monniaux, Marie ^d   Wu, Miin Feng ^a   Sang, Yi ^a   Yamaguchi, Ayako ^a   Yamaguchi, Nobutoshi ^a   Parker, Jane E ^c   Parcy, Francois ^d   Jensen, Shane T ^a   Li, Hongzhe ^e   Wagner, Doris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; TRANSCRIPTIN FACTOR LEAFY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOTIC STRESS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; FLOWER; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; RNA ANALYSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 79954522248     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.03.019     Document Type: Article

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