Unique morphological changes in plant pathogenic phytoplasma-infected petunia flowers are related to transcriptional regulation of floral homeotic genes in an organ-specific manner

Plant Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 971-979

  Himeno, Misako ^a   Neriya, Yutaro ^a   Minato, Nami ^a   Miura, Chihiro ^a   Sugawara, Kyoko ^a   Ishii, Yoshiko ^a   Yamaji, Yasuyuki ^a   Kakizawa, Shigeyuki ^a   Oshima, Kenro ^a   Namba, Shigetou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

floral development; floral quartet model; petunia; phytoplasma; plant responses; regulation of gene expression

Indexed keywords

FLORAL DEVELOPMENT; FLORAL QUARTET MODEL; PETUNIA; PHYTOPLASMAS; PLANT RESPONSE; REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION;

GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOLOGY; PIGMENTS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION;

FBP9 PROTEIN, PETUNIA HYBRIDA; FLORAL BINDING PROTEIN 11, PETUNIA; FLORAL-BINDING PROTEIN 11, PETUNIA; GLOBOSA PROTEIN, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; MERISTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PETUNIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASE;

DOWN-REGULATION; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MERISTEM; PETUNIA; PHYTOPLASMA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ALLIUM CEPA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA; CANDIDATUS PHYTOPLASMA ASTERIS; ONION YELLOWS PHYTOPLASMA; PETUNIA;

EID: 80052479843     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04650.x     Document Type: Article

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