Expression of cytokinin biosynthetic isopentenyltransferase genes in Arabidopsis: Tissue specificity and regulation by auxin, cytokinin, and nitrate

Plant Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 128-138

  Miyawaki, Kaori ^a   Matsumoto Kitano, Miho ^a,b   Kakimoto, Tatsuo ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AtIPT; Cytokinin; Isopentenyltransferase; Nitrate; Nitrogen; tRNA

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; GENES; NITRATES; RNA; TISSUE;

EXPRESSION PATTERNS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADENYLATE ISOPENTENYLTRANSFERASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CYTOKININ; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; MINERAL; NITRATE; TRANSFERASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CYTOKININS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUCURONIDASE; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; ISOENZYMES; MINERALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMPONENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; COLUMELLA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0346505476     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01945.x     Document Type: Article

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