Gibberellin response mutants identified by luciferase imaging

Plant Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 509-519

  Meier, Carsten ^a   Bouquin, Thomas ^a   Nielsen, Mads Eggert ^a   Raventos, Dora ^a   Mattsson, Ole ^a   Rocher, Anne ^a   Schomburg, Fritz ^b   Amasino, Richard M ^b   Mundy, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dwarf; GA 20 oxidase; GA5; Late flowering; Luciferase

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; CATALYSIS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FUSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GIBBERELLIN; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT RESPONSE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; MUTAGENS; RNA;

FUSION GENETIC SCREEN;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GIBBERELLINS; GLUCURONIDASE; LUCIFERASES; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0035030404     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2001.00980.x     Document Type: Article

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