A cytokinin-repressed gene in cucumber for a bHLH protein homologue is regulated by light

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1087-1092

  Toyama, Tomoko ^a   Teramoto, Haruhiko ^b   Ishiguro, Sumie ^a   Tanaka, Ayumi ^a   Okada, Kiyotaka ^a   Takeba, Go ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bHLH protein; CRR12; Cucumber; Cytokinin repressed gene; Light; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CUCUMBER; CYTOKININ; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; LIGHT; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT GENETICS;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033212809     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029491     Document Type: Article

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