Functional analysis of ZmDWF1, a maize homolog of the Arabidopsis brassinosteroids biosynthetic DWF1/DIM gene

Plant Science

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 743-751

  Tao, Yazhong ^a   Zheng, Jun ^a   Xu, Zuomi ^a   Zhang, Xiaohong ^a   Zhang, Ke ^a   Wang, Guoying ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brassinosteroids; Cosuppression; Dwarf plant; Transgenic plant; ZmDWF1

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CLONING; GENES; PROTEINS;

COLEOPTILES; MESOCOTYLES; PHENOTYPE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 3543058821     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2004.05.012     Document Type: Article

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