Marchantia MpRKD Regulates the Gametophyte-Sporophyte Transition by Keeping Egg Cells Quiescent in the Absence of Fertilization

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 1782-1789

  Rövekamp, Moritz ^a   Bowman, John L ^b,c   Grossniklaus, Ueli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FERTILIZATION; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MARCHANTIA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERM CELLS, PLANT; MARCHANTIA; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84979735760     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.05.028     Document Type: Article

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