Amino acid substitution converts WEREWOLF function from an activator to a repressor of Arabidopsis non-hair cell development

Plant Science

Volumn 183, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-42

  Tominaga Wada, Rumi ^a   Nukumizu, Yuka ^a   Wada, Takuji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; CPC; MYB; Root hair; WER

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CPC PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN C MYB; WER PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYB; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 82255173848     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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