Repression of lateral organ boundary genes by pennywise and pound-foolish is essential for meristem maintenance and flowering in Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2166-2186

  Khan, Madiha ^a   Ragni, Laura ^b,f   Tabb, Paul ^a   Salasini, Brenda C ^a   Chatfield, Steven ^a,g   Datla, Raju ^c   Lock, John ^a   Kuai, Xiahezi ^d   Després, Charles ^d   Proveniers, Marcel ^e   Yongguo, Cao ^c   Xiang, Daoquan ^c   Morin, Halima ^b   Rullière, Jean Pierre ^b   Citerne, Sylvie ^b   Hepworth, Shelley R ^a   Pautot, Véronique ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BLR PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; BOP1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; BOP2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; JASMONIC ACID; MICRORNA; MIRN156 MICRORNA, ARABIDOPSIS; MIRN172 MICRORNA, ARABIDOPSIS; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; OXYLIPIN; PHYTOHORMONE; PNF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SPL PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CYCLOPENTANES; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MERISTEM; MICRORNAS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OXYLIPINS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84946208534     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00915     Document Type: Article

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