Soybean BRU1 encodes a functional xyloglucan endotransglycosylase that is highly expressed in inner epicotyl tissues during brassinosteroid-promoted elongation

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 124-130

  Oh, Man Ho ^a   Romanow, William G ^b   Smith, Rachel C ^a,d   Zamski, Eli ^a,e   Sasse, Jenneth ^c   Clouse, Steven D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BD Technologies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brassinosteroid; BRU1; Elongation; Soybean; XET; Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031904887     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029283     Document Type: Article

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