Overexpression of DWARF4 in the brassinosteroid biosynthetic pathway results in increased vegetative growth and seed yield in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 573-582

  Choe, Sunghwa ^a   Fujioka, Shozo ^b   Noguchi, Takahiro ^c   Takatsuto, Suguru ^d   Yoshida, Shigeo ^b   Feldmann, Kenneth A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c Tama Biochemical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d JOETSU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^e Ceres Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassinolide; Cell elongation; CYP90B1; Cytochrome P450; DWARF4; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRASSINOSTEROID; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; DWARFISM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH REGULATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PROMOTER REGION; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD RELATIVE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; HYDROXYLATION; SEED; TOBACCO; VEGETATION; VIRUSES;

ARABIDOPSIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDS; STEROIDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0034922518     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2001.01055.x     Document Type: Article

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