Arginine decarboxylase (polyamine synthesis) mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana exhibit altered root growth

Plant Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-239

  Watson, Mark B ^a,b   Emory, Kimberly K ^a   Piatak, Ruth Marie ^a   Malmberg, Russell L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; CARBOXYLYASE; POLYAMINE;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT;

ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOGENIC POLYAMINES; CARBOXY-LYASES; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 0031929985     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00027.x     Document Type: Article

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