Molecular dissection of the gibberellin/abscisic acid signaling pathways by transiently expressed RNA interference in barley aleurone cells

Plant Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2289-2301

  Zentella, Rodolfo ^a   Yamauchi, Daisuke ^a   Ho, Tuan Hua David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENES; HORMONES; MUTAGENESIS; RNA; SEED; STARCH;

SEED GERMINATION;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0036740638     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.003376     Document Type: Article

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