Biosynthesis and Metabolism of Brassinosteroids

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2003, Pages 137-164

  Fujioka, Shozo ^a   Yokota, Takao ^b  

^a Elements Chemistry Laboratory   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Brassinosteroid deficient mutant; Catharanthus roseus; Cytochrome P450; Dwarfism

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS;

BRASSINOLIDE; CHOLESTANOL; HETEROCYCLIC STEROID; PHYTOHORMONE; STEROL;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CHOLESTANOLS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; STEROIDS, HETEROCYCLIC; STEROLS;

EID: 0142025017     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.54.031902.134921     Document Type: Review

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