Seed-specific immunomodulation of abscisic acid activity induces a developmental switch

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 4489-4496

  Phillips, Julian ^a   Artsaenko, Olga ^a   Fiedler, Ulrike ^a,b   Horstmann, Christian ^a   Mock, Hans Peter ^a   Müntz, Klaus ^a   Conrad, Udo ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Embryogenesis; Immunomodulation; Seed development; Single chain Fv antibody

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ANTIBODY; HAPTEN; HORMONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; OXAZOLONE; PHYTOHORMONE; PIGMENT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GERMINATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CELL; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FABACEAE; GENES, PLANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENTS; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; VICIA FABA;

EID: 0030787077     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.15.4489     Document Type: Article

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