The Arabidopsis ABA-deficient mutant aba4 demonstrates that the major route for stress-induced ABA accumulation is via neoxanthin isomers

Plant Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 810-824

  North, Helen M ^a   Almeida, Aurélie De ^a   Boutin, Jean Pierre ^a   Frey, Anne ^a   To, Alexandra ^a   Botran, Lucy ^a   Sotta, Bruno ^b   Marion Poll, Annie ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Carotenoid; Drought tolerance; Germination; Mutant; Neoxanthin

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; MUTANT; NEOXANTHIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ISOMERS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABA3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CAROTENOID; HYBRID PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; SULFURTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ABSCISIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPLASTS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SULFURTRANSFERASES;

ABSCISIC ACID; ACCUMULATION; CAROTENOIDS; GERMINATION; ISOMERS; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 34249780818     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03094.x     Document Type: Article

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