Increased steady state mRNA levels of the STM and KNAT1 homeobox genes in cytokinin overproducing Arabidopsis thaliana indicate a role for cytokinins in the shoot apical meristem

Plant Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 557-563

  Rupp, Hans Michael ^a   Frank, Markus ^a   Werner, Tomas ^b   Strnad, Miroslav ^b   Schmülling, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOKININ; HOMEOBOX; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033151850     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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