Over-expression of an Arabidopsis gene encoding a glucosyltransferase of indole-3-acetic acid: Phenotypic characterisation of transgenic lines

Plant Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 573-583

  Jackson, Rosamond G ^a   Kowalczyk, Mariusz ^b   Li, Yi ^a   Higgins, Gillian ^a   Ross, Joe ^a   Sandberg, Göran ^b   Bowles, Dianna J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Auxin; Conjugation; Glucosyltransferase; Metabolism; Plant hormones

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BIOASSAY; ENZYMES; GENES;

GENE ENCODING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0013254684     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2002.01445.x     Document Type: Article

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