Root-synthesized cytokinin in Arabidopsis is distributed in the shoot by the transpiration stream

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 416, 2005, Pages 1535-1544

  Aloni, Roni ^a   Langhans, Markus ^b,c   Aloni, Erez ^a,d   Dreieicher, Ellen ^b   Ullrich, Cornelia I ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; ARR5::GUS expression; Cytokinin immunolocalization; Root cap; Transpiration dependent acropetal cytokinin gradient

Indexed keywords

CELLS; IMMUNOLOGY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSPIRATION; WIND EFFECTS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CYTOKININS (CK); IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; VASCULAR BUNDLES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CYTOKININ;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SWEATING; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYTOKININS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 20044382615     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri148     Document Type: Article

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