Auxin, Ethylene and Brassinosteroids: Tripartite Control of Growth in the Arabidopsis Hypocotyl

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 827-836

  De Grauwe, Liesbeth ^a   Vandenbussche, Filip ^a   Tietz, Olaf ^b   Palme, Klaus ^b   Van Der Straeten, Dominique ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adventitious roots; Apical hook; Auxin; Brassinosteroids; Ethylene; Hypocotyl elongation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID; 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID; AMINO ACID; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; STEROID;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DARKNESS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT GROWTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPORTER GENE;

AMINO ACIDS, CYCLIC; ARABIDOPSIS; DARKNESS; ETHYLENES; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; HYPOCOTYL; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; STEROIDS;

EID: 23944451260     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci111     Document Type: Article

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