The ULT1 and ULT2 trxG genes play overlapping roles in arabidopsis development and gene regulation

Molecular Plant

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1564-1579

  Monfared, Mona M ^a,b   Carles, Cristel C ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Rossignol, Pascale ^a,b,g   Pires, Helena R ^a,b,h   Fletcher, Jennifer C ^a,b  

^a PLANT GENE EXPRESSION CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^f CEMAGREF   (France)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; epigenetics; polarity; stem cells; trxG factor; ULTRAPETALA.

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NONHISTONE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ULT1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ULT2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL POLARITY; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INFLORESCENCE; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MUTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE; POLARITY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRXG FACTOR; ULTRAPETALA.; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; EPIGENETICS; POLARITY; STEM CELLS; TRXG FACTOR; ULTRAPETALA.;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; INFLORESCENCE; MERISTEM; MUTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84885050204     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst041     Document Type: Article

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