Conditional transgenic expression of the ipt gene indicates a function for cytokinins in paracrine signaling in whole tobacco plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 401-415

  Faiss, Martin ^a   Zalubilová, Jana ^b   Strnad, Miroslav ^b   Schmülling, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKININ; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYBRID PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; ZEATIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGING; CYTOKININS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; KINETICS; MERISTEM; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEATIN;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0031213782     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.12020401.x     Document Type: Article

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