The Arabidopsis thaliana homeobox gene ATHB5 is a potential regulator of abscisic acid responsiveness in developing seedlings

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 719-729

  Johannesson, Henrik ^a   Wang, Yan ^b   Hanson, Johannes ^a   Engström, Peter ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Arabidopsis; Germination; Homeobox; Plant; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

GENES; ORGANIC ACIDS; SEED;

SEED GERMINATION;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; GLUCURONIDASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ABSCISIC ACID; GENES; GROWTH REGULATORS; SEEDLINGS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0037353407     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022567625228     Document Type: Article

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