Down-regulation of AUXIN RESPONSE FACTORS 6 and 8 by microRNA 167 leads to floral development defects and female sterility in tomato

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2507-2520

  Liu, Ning ^a,e   Wu, Shan ^a   Houten, Jason Van ^a   Wang, Ying ^b   Ding, Biao ^b   Fei, Zhangjun ^c   Clarke, Thomas H ^d,f   Reed, Jason W ^d   Van Der Knaap, Esther ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ARF6; ARF8; expression; female sterility; flower development; tomato

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 6, ARABIDOPSIS; AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 8, ARABIDOPSIS; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MICRORNA; MIRN169 MICRORNA, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; DOWN REGULATION; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT INFERTILITY; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICRORNAS; PLANT INFERTILITY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84901422058     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru141     Document Type: Article

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