Tryptophan-dependent auxin biosynthesis is required for HD-ZIP III-mediated xylem patterning

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1250-1259

  Ursache, Robertas ^a   Miyashima, Shunsuke ^a   Chen, Qingguo ^b   Vatén, Anne ^c   Nakajima, Keiji ^d   Carlsbecker, Annelie ^e   Zhao, Yunde ^b   Helariutta, Ykä ^a   Dettmer, Jan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Auxin biosynthesis; HD ZIP III; Metaxylem

Indexed keywords

AUXIN; HD ZIP III TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; KYNURENINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; AUXIN TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR TISSUE; XYLEM; YUCCA;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; AUXIN BIOSYNTHESIS; HD-ZIP III; METAXYLEM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BODY PATTERNING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MUTATION; OXYGENASES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPTOPHAN; XYLEM;

EID: 84896885865     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.103473     Document Type: Article

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