Phytoplasmal infection derails genetically preprogrammed meristem fate and alters plant architecture

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 19149-19154

  Wei, Wei ^a   Davis, Robert Edward ^a   Nuss, Donald L ^b   Zhao, Yan ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APICAL MERISTEM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SWITCHING; INFLORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLASMA; PHYTOPLASMAL INFECTION; PLANT APICAL DOMINANCE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEED PRODUCTION; TOMATO; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

CAULIFLOWER-LIKE INFLORESCENCE; FLOWER MALFORMATION; ORGANOGENESIS; SHOOT PROLIFERATION; SYMPODIAL GROWTH;

FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MERISTEM; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYTOPLASMA;

EID: 84888099846     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1318489110     Document Type: Article

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