Ectopic expression of a tobacco homeobox gene, NTH15, dramatically alters leaf morphology and hormone levels in transgenic tobacco

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 917-927

  Tamaoki, Masanori ^a   Kusaba, Shinnosuke ^b   Kano Murakami, Yuriko ^b   Matsuoka, Makoto ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Institute of Fruit Tree Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Homeobox gene; In situ hybridization; Leaf morphogenesis; Nicotiana tabacum; Plant hormones; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0031214222     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029252     Document Type: Article

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