The Class II KNOX gene KNAT7 negatively regulates secondary wall formation in Arabidopsis and is functionally conserved in Populus - Li, Eryang; Bhargava, Apurva; Qiang, Weiya; Friedmann, Michael C.; Forneris, Natascha; Savidge, Rodney A.; Johnson, Lee A.; Mansfield, Shawn D.; Ellis, Brian E.; Douglas, Carl J. (The New phytologist, 2012)
Keywords: Alleles; anatomy & histology; Arabidopsis; Arabidopsis - cytology; Arabidopsis - genetics; Arabidopsis Proteins; Arabidopsis Proteins - genetics; Arabidopsis Proteins - metabolism; Biosynthesis; Cell Nucleus; Cell Nucleus - metabolism; Cell Wall; Cell Wall - metabolism; Cell Wall - ultrastructure; Cell walls; Conserved Sequence; cytology; Feedback loops; Fiber cells; Fibers; Gene expression; Gene Expression Profiling; Gene expression regulation; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Genes; Genes, Plant; Genes, Plant - genetics; Genetic Complementation Test; genetics; Glucuronidase; Glucuronidase - metabolism; Green Fluorescent Proteins; Green Fluorescent Proteins - metabolism; homeodomain protein; Homeostasis; Inflorescence; Inflorescence - metabolism; Inflorescence - ultrastructure; Inflorescences; KNOX gene; Lignin; Lignin - metabolism; metabolism; Mutagenesis, Insertional; Mutagenesis, Insertional - genetics; Mutation; Mutation - genetics; Negative feedback; Phenotype; Phenotypes; Phylogeny; plant characteristics; Plant Stems; Plant Stems - anatomy & histology; Plant Stems - metabolism; Plant Stems - ultrastructure; Plants; Plants, Genetically Modified; Poplar; Populus; Populus - genetics; Protein Transport; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; repression; Repressor Proteins; Repressor Proteins - genetics; Repressor Proteins - metabolism; secondary cell wall; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Stems; tracheary elements; Transcription; transcription factor; transcription factors; trees; ultrastructure; Wall deposition; Wall thickness; Xylem