Graft-transmissible movement of inverted-repeat-induced siRNA signals into flowers

Plant Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 106-121

  Zhang, Wenna ^a   Kollwig, Gregor ^b   Stecyk, Ewelina ^a   Apelt, Federico ^a   Dirks, Rob ^c   Kragler, Friedrich ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthers; Doubled haploids; Flower; Grafting; Meiosis; Ovules; Phloem; RNA signalling; SiRNA

Indexed keywords

CELL SIGNALING; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RNA; TISSUE;

ANTHERS; DOUBLED HAPLOID; FLOWER; MEIOSIS; OVULES; PHLOEM; SIRNA;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ATDMC1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; MICRORNA; RECA PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; POLLEN; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE SILENCING; GENES, REPORTER; MEIOSIS; MICRORNAS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; REC A RECOMBINASES; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO;

EID: 84924874149     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12622     Document Type: Article

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