Medea in full self-control

• Published in: Trends in plant science Vol. 11; no. 10; pp. 469 - 471
• Main Authors: Baubec, Tuncay, Scheid, Ortrun Mittelsten
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2006; Elsevier
• Subjects: Alleles; Arabidopsis - embryology; Arabidopsis - genetics; Arabidopsis Proteins - genetics; Biological and medical sciences; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; gene expression regulation; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Gene Silencing; Models, Genetic; plant genetics; Plant physiology and development; plant proteins; Sexual reproduction; Vegetative and sexual reproduction, floral biology, fructification; Seeds; Cruciferae; Arabidopsis; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Development; Spermatophyta

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...