Negative regulation in the expression of a sugar-inducible gene in Arabidopsis thaliana. A recessive mutation causing enhanced expression of a gene for β-amylase

Plant Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 575-582

  Mita, Satoru ^a,c   Hirano, Hideyuki ^a,b   Nakamura, Kenzo ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; BETA AMYLASE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; STARCH; SUCROSE; SUGAR; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0031153932     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.2.575     Document Type: Article

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