Evidence that the Arabidopsis nuclear gibberellin signalling protein GAI is not destabilised by gibberellin

Plant Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 935-947

  Fleck, Barbara ^a   Harberd, Nicholas P ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; DELLA; GAI; Gibberellin; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GENES; PROTEINS;

PLANT GROWTH;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; DELLA; EMBRYOPHYTA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0036957433     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2002.01478.x     Document Type: Article

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