Modification of gibberellin production and plant development in Arabidopsis by sense and antisense expression of gibberellin 20-oxidase genes

Plant Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 547-556

  Coles, Jeremy P ^a   Phillips, Andrew L ^a   Croker, Stephen J ^a   García Lepe, Raol ^a,b   Lewis, Mervyn J ^a   Hedden, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE TECHNOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYTIC CONVERSION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; GIBBERELLIN 20 OXIDASE; GIBBERELLIN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GIBBERELLINS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, MESSENGER;

ARABIDOPSIS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0033103107     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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