Transcriptome analysis of the arabidopsis megaspore mother cell uncovers the importance of RNA helicases for plant germline development

PLoS Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Schmidt, Anja ^a   Wuest, Samuel E ^a,b   Vijverberg, Kitty ^a,c   Baroux, Célia ^a   Kleen, Daniela ^a   Grossniklaus, Ueli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DEAD BOX PROTEIN; DEAH BOX PROTEIN; LIKE HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN1; MNEME PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; T DNA; T-DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE GAMETOPHYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM LINE; MEGASPORE; MEGASPORE MOTHER CELL; MEGASPOROGENESIS; MEM GENE; NONHUMAN; OVULE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE; POLLEN MOTHER CELL; PRIMORDIUM; RNA METHYLATION; RNA PROCESSING; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SPOROPHYTE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TRANSLATION REGULATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MICRODISSECTION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GERM CELLS, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEIOSIS; MICRODISSECTION; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OVULE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA HELICASES; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 80053305681     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001155     Document Type: Article

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