Aberrant temporal growth pattern and morphology of root and shoot caused by a defective circadian clock in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 154-161

  Ruts, Tom ^a   Matsubara, Shizue ^a   Wiese Klinkenberg, Anika ^a   Walter, Achim ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; circadian clock; growth; leaf; root; starch

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CIRCADIAN CLOCK; CLOCK CONTROL; DAILY CHANGE; DIURNAL PERIOD; DYNAMIC GROWTH; ENERGY ALLOCATIONS; GROWTH CAPACITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH PATTERNS; LATERAL EXTENSION; LATERAL ROOT FORMATION; LATERAL ROOTS; LEAF; LEAF GROWTH; LIGHT-DARK CYCLES; PHOTOSYNTHATES; PRIMARY ROOTS; ROOT; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; ROSETTE MORPHOLOGY; SEPARATE ANALYSIS; STARCH DEGRADATION; THALIANA; TIME-SCALES; TWO-LINE; WHOLE PLANTS; WILD TYPES;

CARBOHYDRATES; CLOCKS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MORPHOLOGY; STARCH;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CCA1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; STARCH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; TIME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; STARCH; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84866740555     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.05073.x     Document Type: Article

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