Cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding gibberellin 20-oxidase from rice (Oryza sativa) seedlings

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 111-118

  Toyomasu, T ^a   Sekimoto, H ^b,b   Kawaide, H ^b   Von Numers, C ^b   Phillips, A L ^c   Hedden, P ^c   Kamiya, Y ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degenerate primer; feedback regulation; gibberellin 20 oxidase; Oryza sativa; polymerase chain reaction (PCR); rice

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 1842403553     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.990116.x     Document Type: Article

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