Transgenic expression of the Arabidopsis DELLA proteins GAI and gai confers altered gibberellin response in tobacco

Transgenic Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 707-714

  Hynes, Llewelyn W ^a   Peng, Jinrong ^a,b   Richards, Donald E ^a   Harberd, Nicholas P ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

GA; Gibberellin; Growth; Hypocotyl; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GAI PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GIBBERELLIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GIBBERELLINS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0347062422     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TRAG.0000005145.68017.6e     Document Type: Article

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