Arabidopsis transcription factor genes NF-YA1, 5, 6, and 9 play redundant roles in male gametogenesis, embryogenesis, and seed development

Molecular Plant

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 188-201

  Mu, Jinye ^a   Tan, Helin ^a,b   Hong, Sulei ^a,b   Liang, Yan ^a   Zuo, Jianru ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LEC1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOLOGY; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; PLEIOTROPY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; GLUCURONIDASE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84873053632     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sss061     Document Type: Article

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