Phloem long-distance trafficking of GIBBERELLIC ACID-INSENSITIVE RNA regulates leaf development

Plant Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-68

  Haywood, Valerie ^a   Yu, Tien Shin ^a   Huang, Nien Chen ^a   Lucas, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Development; GAI; Phloem; Pumpkin; RNA; Tomato; Trafficking

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA;

GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS; LEAFLET; PHLOEM TRANSLOCATION; TRAFFICKING;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CUCUMBER; FRUIT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RNA TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SQUASH; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA TRANSPORT; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CELLS; GIBBERELLIC ACID; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 17044403824     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02351.x     Document Type: Article

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