Arabidopsis HD-Zip II transcription factors control apical embryo development and meristem function

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2118-2129

  Turchi, Luana ^a   Carabelli, Monica ^a   Ruzza, Valentino ^a   Possenti, Marco ^b   Sassi, Massimiliano ^a,c   Peñalosa, Andrés ^b   Sessa, Giovanna ^a   Salvi, Sergio ^b   Forte, Valentina ^b   Morelli, Giorgio ^b   Ruberti, Ida ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Auxin; Cotyledon development; Embryo bilateral symmetry; Hd Zip III transcription factors; Shoot apical meristem activity

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA HOMEOBOX 2; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA HOMEOBOX 4; AUXIN; HOMEOBOX ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA 1; HOMEOBOX ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA 2; HOMEOBOX ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA 3; HOMEODOMAIN LEUCINE ZIPPER; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COTYLEDON; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHOOT APICAL MERISTEM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; GENOTYPE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MERISTEM; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT SHOOTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; COTYLEDON (GENUS); MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84877081058     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.092833     Document Type: Article

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