Three Arabidopsis AIL/PLT genes act in combination to regulate shoot apical meristem function

Plant Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 108-121

  Mudunkothge, Janaki S ^a   Krizek, Beth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIL PLT family; AP2 ERF transcription factors; Arabidopsis; differentiation; shoot apical meristem; stem cells

Indexed keywords

AIL/PLT FAMILY; AP2/ERF; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CELL DIVISIONS; DAUGHTER CELLS; GENETIC EXPERIMENTS; LATERAL ORGANS; MERISTEMATIC CELLS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; SHOOT APEX; SHOOT APICAL MERISTEMS;

CELL PROLIFERATION; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); GENES; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AINTEGUMENTA PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PLT3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MERISTEM; PLANT SHOOTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84862574134     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.04975.x     Document Type: Article

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