Morphogenesis of simple leaves: Regulation of leaf size and shape

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-57

  Rodriguez, Ramiro E ^a   Debernardi, Juan M ^a   Palatnik, Javier F ^a  

^a Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Rosario   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AINTEGUMENTA TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; AUXIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIN B1; CYCLIN B2; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GRF INTERACTING FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH REGULATING FACTOR; KNOXI TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 396; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL INVASION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; LEAF CURVATURE; LEAF DEVELOPMENT; LEAF GROWTH; LEAF SHAPE; LEAF SIZE; LEAF STRUCTURE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MERISTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS;

EID: 84890378573     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.115     Document Type: Review

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