Dissecting the molecular signatures of apical cell-type shoot meristems from two ancient land plant lineages

New Phytologist

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 893-904

  Frank, Margaret H ^a   Edwards, Molly B ^a   Schultz, Eric R ^a   Mckain, Michael R ^b   Fei, Zhangjun ^c,d   Sørensen, Iben ^a   Rose, Jocelyn K C ^a   Scanlon, Michael J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^d ROBERT W HOLLEY CENTER FOR AGRICULTURE AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical cell (AC); Equisetum arvense; Seedless vascular plants; Selaginella moellendorfii; Shoot apical meristem (SAM)

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANGIOSPERM; CELL ORGANELLE; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAIZE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SHOOT; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VASCULAR PLANT;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EQUISETUM; EQUISETUM ARVENSE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SELAGINELLA; SELAGINELLA MOELLENDORFFII; TRACHEOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

MESSENGER RNA;

CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOPHYTA; EQUISETUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; SELAGINELLACEAE; UPREGULATION;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EQUISETUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MERISTEM; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SELAGINELLACEAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84936216716     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.13407     Document Type: Article

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