Deciphering and modifying LAFL transcriptional regulatory network in seed for improving yield and quality of storage compounds

Plant Science

Volumn 250, Issue , 2016, Pages 198-204

  Fatihi, Abdelhak ^a   Boulard, Céline ^a   Bouyer, Daniel ^b   Baud, Sébastien ^a   Dubreucq, Bertrand ^a   Lepiniec, Loïc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

LAFL network; Oil; Seed development; Seed maturation; Seed storage proteins; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84976870866     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: 18732259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2016.06.013     Document Type: Review

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