EMBRYONIC FLOWER1 and ULTRAPETALA1 act antagonistically on Arabidopsis development and stress response

Plant Physiology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 812-830

  Pu, Li ^a   Liu, Mao Sen ^b   Kim, Sang Yeol ^a   Chen, Long Fang O ^b   Fletcher, Jennifer C ^a   Renee Sung, Zinmay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; EMF1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HISTONE; LYSINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ULT1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HISTONES; LYSINE; METHYLATION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84878470210     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.213223     Document Type: Article

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