A variant of LEAFY reveals its capacity to stimulate meristem development by inducing RAX1

Plant Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 678-689

  Chahtane, Hicham ^a,b,c,d   Vachon, Gilles ^a,b,c,d   Le Masson, Marie ^a,b,c,d   Thévenon, Emmanuel ^a,b,c,d   Périgon, Sophie ^a,b,c,d   Mihajlovic, Nela ^e   Kalinina, Anna ^e   Michard, Robin ^a,b,c,d   Moyroud, Edwige ^a,b,c,d,f   Monniaux, Marie ^a,b,c,d   Sayou, Camille ^a,b,c,d   Grbic, Vojislava ^e   Parcy, Francois ^a,b,c,d,g   Tichtinsky, Gabrielle ^a,b,c,d  

^a DIF   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; flower; LEAFY; meristem development; RAX1

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; FLOWER; LEAFY; MERISTEM DEVELOPMENT; RAX1;

GENES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LFY PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; RAX1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MERISTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEEDLING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84877722327     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12156     Document Type: Article

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