MiR396a-mediated basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor bHLH74 repression acts as a regulator for root growth in arabidopsis seedlings

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1343-1353

  Bao, Maolin ^a   Bian, Hongwu ^a   Zha, Yulong ^a   Li, Fengyun ^a   Sun, Yuzhe ^a   Bai, Bin ^a   Chen, Zhehao ^a,b   Wang, Junhui ^a   Zhu, Muyuan ^a   Han, Ning ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Basic helix loop helix (bHLH) transcription factor 74 (bHLH74); Growth regulating factor (GRF); miRNA396; Root growth

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BHLH74 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MICRORNA; MIRN396 MICRORNA, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; REPORTER GENE; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; MICRORNAS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDLING;

EID: 84903978303     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu058     Document Type: Article

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