Regulation of plant growth and development by the GROWTH-REGULATING FACTOR and GRF-INTERACTING FACTOR duo

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 6093-6107

  Kim, Jeong Hoe ^a   Tsukaya, Hirokazu ^b,c  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromatin remodelling; GRF INTERACTING FACTOR; GROWTH REGULATING FACTOR; Meristematic status; MicroRNA396; Organ primordium

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MIRN396 MICRORNA, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICRORNAS;

EID: 84946505810     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv349     Document Type: Review

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