Seed maturation: Simplification of control networks in plants

Plant Science

Volumn 252, Issue , 2016, Pages 335-346

  Devic, Martine ^a   Roscoe, Thomas ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

AFL multigene family; Minimal control network; Redundancy; Seed maturation; Simplification

Indexed keywords

PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT SEED;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84985994147     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: 18732259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2016.08.012     Document Type: Review

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