Medea in full self-control
Medea, a loving but betrayed character from Greek mythology who murdered her own children, inspired the naming of an Arabidopsis regulatory protein involved in the control of endosperm development in the maturing seed. In contrast to the Medea of antiquity who, according to Euripides, cannot be call...
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Published in | Trends in plant science Vol. 11; no. 10; pp. 469 - 471 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Oxford
Elsevier Ltd
01.10.2006
Elsevier |
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Summary: | Medea, a loving but betrayed character from Greek mythology who murdered her own children, inspired the naming of an
Arabidopsis regulatory protein involved in the control of endosperm development in the maturing seed. In contrast to the Medea of antiquity who, according to Euripides, cannot be called a model of self-control, three recent publications demonstrate that MEDEA in plants is in command of its own action by autoregulation. |
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Bibliography: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2006.08.002 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1360-1385 1878-4372 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.tplants.2006.08.002 |