Functional expression and purification of cytokinin dehydrogenase from Arabidopsis thaliana (AtCKX2) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 673-682

  Frebortova J ^a,b   Galuszka, P ^a   Werner, T ^c   Schmulling T ^c   Frebort I ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokinin metabolism; Cytokinin oxidase

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 34648844533     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-007-0141-6     Document Type: Article

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