The Arabidopsis WRINKLED1 transcription factor affects auxin homeostasis in roots

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 68, Issue 16, 2017, Pages 4627-4634

  Kong, Que ^a,b   Ma, Wei ^a   Yang, Haibing ^c   Ma, Guojie ^c   Mantyla, Jenny J ^b   Benning, Christoph ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Auxin; DNA binding motif; Gene expression; Root development; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PIN4 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WRINKLED1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BINDING SITE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEOSTASIS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 85041252772     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx275     Document Type: Article

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