Shedding light on flower development: Phytochrome B regulates gynoecium formation in association with the transcription factor SPATULA

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 471-476

  Foreman, Julia ^a   White, James N ^a   Graham, Ian A ^b   Halliday, Karen J ^a   Josse, Eve marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auxin; Flower development; Gynoecium; Phytochrome; SPATULA

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PHYTOCHROME B; SPT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHYTOCHROME B; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 79955593114     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.4.14496     Document Type: Article

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