Loss of function of four DELLA genes leads to light- and gibberellin-independent seed germination in Arabidopsis

Planta

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 105-113

  Cao, Dongni ^a,b   Hussain, Alamgir ^a   Cheng, Hui ^a,b   Peng, Jinrong ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; DELLA proteins; Gibberellic acid (GA); Seed germination

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GAI PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GIBBERELLIC ACID; GIBBERELLIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RGA PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; RGL1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; RGL2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COLD; CYTOLOGY; DARKNESS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; COLD; DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLINS; LIGHT; PLANT EPIDERMIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEEDS; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 28444463646     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-0057-3     Document Type: Article

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