Hormonal Regulation of Expression of Two Cysteine Endopeptidase Genes in Rice Seedlings

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1242-1248

  Shintani, Ai ^a   Kato, Hideki ^a   Minamikawa, Takao ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Cysteine endopeptidase; Germination (seed); Gibberellic acid; Rice (oryza sativa); Seed storage protein

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA;

ABSCISIC ACID; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GIBBERELLIC ACID; GIBBERELLIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOHORMONE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RICE;

ABSCISIC ACID; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031262304     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029111     Document Type: Article

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