Quantitative levels of Deficiens and Globosa during late petal development show a complex transcriptional network topology of B function

Plant Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 294-307

  Manchado Rojo, María ^a   Delgado Benarroch, Luciana ^a,b   Roca, María J ^a   Weiss, Julia ^a   Egea Cortines, Marcos ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE BOTÁNICA DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antirrhinummajus; autoregulatory loop; B function; floral scent; floral size; network topology

Indexed keywords

ANTIRRHINUMMAJUS; AUTOREGULATORY LOOP; B FUNCTIONS; FLORAL SCENT; FLORAL SIZE; NETWORK TOPOLOGY;

GENE EXPRESSION; TISSUE;

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY;

ALKENE; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DEFICIENS PROTEIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; GLOBOSA PROTEIN, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; METHYL BENZOATE; MYRCENE; TERPENE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANTIRRHINUM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKENES; ANTIRRHINUM; BENZOATES; DEFICIENS PROTEIN; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONOTERPENES; MUTATION; OILS, VOLATILE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANTIRRHINUM;

EID: 84867576347     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.05080.x     Document Type: Article

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