A mutational analysis of the ABA1 gene of Arabidopsis thaliana highlights the involvement of ABA in vegetative development

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 418, 2005, Pages 2071-2083

  Barrero, José María ^a   Piqueras, Pedro ^a   González Guzmán, Miguel ^b   Serrano, Ramón ^b   Rodríguez, Pedro L ^b   Ponce, María Rosa ^a   Micol, José Luis ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b Universitat Politècnica de València   (Spain)

Author keywords

ABA1; Abscisic acid; Arabidopsis thaliana; Growth promotion; Vegetative development; Zeaxanthin epoxidase

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

ABA1; ABSCISIC ACID (ABA); ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; GROWTH PROMOTION; VEGETATIVE DEVELOPMENT; ZEAXANTHIN EPOXIDASE;

GENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; ZEAXANTHIN EPOXIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT;

ABSCISIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL SIZE; FLOWERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 24944508277     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri206     Document Type: Article

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