Engineering seed dormancy by the modification of zeaxanthin epoxidase gene expression

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1267-1274

  Frey, Anne ^a   Audran, Corinne ^a   Marin, Elena ^a,c   Sotta, Bruno ^b   Marion Poll, Annie ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Centre d'Etudes de Cadarache   (France)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Dormancy; Germination; Nicotiana plumbaginifolia; Seed

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ANTISENSE RNA; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GERMINATION; GRAFT HYBRIDIZATION; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT; PROMOTER REGION; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SEED DORMANCY; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD RELATIVE; ZEAXANTHIN EPOXIDASE;

ABSCISIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GERMINATION; HOMOZYGOTE; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES; WATER;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA PLUMBAGINIFOLIA;

EID: 0033121173     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006145025631     Document Type: Article

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