Genetic manipulation of gibberellin metabolism in transgenic rice

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 909-913

  Sakamoto, Tomoaki ^a   Morinaka, Yoichi ^b   Ishiyama, Kanako ^c   Kobayashi, Masatomo ^c   Itoh, Hironori ^d   Kayano, Toshiaki ^b   Iwahori, Shuichi ^e   Matsuoka, Makoto ^d   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c RIKEN TSUKUBA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CROPS; ENZYMES; GROWTH KINETICS; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CATABOLISM;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ACTIN; GIBBERELLIN; GIBBERELLIN 2 OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CEREAL; CROP; CULTIVAR; DWARFISM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GRAIN; NONHUMAN; OSGA2OX1 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RICE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GIBBERELLINS; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0042354769     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt847     Document Type: Article

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