BEN1, a gene encoding a dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR)-like protein, regulates the levels of brassinosteroids in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 220-233

  Yuan, Tong ^a   Fujioka, Shozo ^b   Takatsuto, Suguru ^c   Matsumoto, Shogo ^b   Gou, Xiaoping ^a   He, Kai ^a   Russell, Scott D ^a   Li, Jia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

^c JOETSU UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activation tagging; BANYULS; BEN1; Brassinolide; Brassinosteroids; DFR

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIDIN REDUCTASE (BAN); ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSINOSTEROIDS;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ENZYMES; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENE ENCODING;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BEN1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDLING; STEROIDS;

BIOLOGICAL TESTS; ENZYMES; GENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 34447106433     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03129.x     Document Type: Article

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