Epidermal identity is maintained by cell-cell communication via a universally active feedback loop in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-58

  San Bento, Rita ^a,b   Farcot, Etienne ^c   Galletti, Roberta ^a   Creff, Audrey ^a   Ingram, Gwyneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; embryo; epidermis; identity; signalling; transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYO; EPIDERMIS; IDENTITY; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION;

CELL SIGNALING; CELLS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; ENZYMES; SIGNALING;

CYTOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ACR4 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ATML1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PDF2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFLORESCENCE; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INFLORESCENCE; MERISTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84890996879     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12360     Document Type: Article

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