Genetic characterization reveals no role for the reported ABA receptor, GCR2, in ABA control of seed germination and early seedling development in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1001-1013

  Gao, Yajun ^a,b   Zeng, Qingning ^a   Guo, Jianjun ^a   Cheng, Jia ^a,c   Ellis, Brian E ^c   Chen, Jin Gui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

7TM; Abscisic acid (ABA); GCR2; GPA1; GPCR; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; SEED GERMINATION; STOMATAL MOVEMENTS; TRANSMEMBRANES;

ALLERGIES; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SEED;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GCR2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GPA1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; PHYTOHORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ABSCISIC ACID; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 36849083006     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03291.x     Document Type: Article

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