Overexpression of a novel class of gibberellin 2-oxidases decreases gibberellin levels and creates dwarf plants

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 151-163

  Schomburg, Fritz M ^a   Bizzell, Colleen M ^a   Lee, Dong Ju ^b   Zeevaart, Jan A D ^b   Amasino, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYMES; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; RNA; SUBSTRATES; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; GIBBERELLIN;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0037256863     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.005975     Document Type: Article

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