AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 3 integrates the functions of AGAMOUS and APETALA2 in floral meristem determinacy

Plant Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 629-641

  Liu, Xigang ^a,b   Dinh, Thanh Theresa ^b,d   Li, Dongming ^a,b   Shi, Bihai ^a   Li, Yongpeng ^a   Cao, Xiuwei ^a   Guo, Lin ^a   Pan, Yanyun ^c   Jiao, Yuling ^a   Chen, Xuemei ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AGAMOUS; APETALA2; Arabidopsis; AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR 3; floral determinacy; WUSCHEL

Indexed keywords

GENES; COMPLEX NETWORKS;

AGAMOUS; APETALA2; ARABIDOPSIS; AUXIN RESPONSE FACTORS; FLORAL DETERMINACY; WUSCHEL;

FREQUENCY MODULATION; GENE EXPRESSION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

APETALA2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS AGAMOUS PROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ETT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; WUSCHEL PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MUTATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGAMOUS PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MERISTEM; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84939262810     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12658     Document Type: Article

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