Overexpression of the Arabidopsis gai gene in apple significantly reduces plant size

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-296

  Zhu, L H ^a   Li, X Y ^a   Welander, M ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Apple; Gai gene; Plant height; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GAI PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GIBBERELLIC ACID; GIBBERELLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APPLE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; GIBBERELLINS; MALUS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 38349191971     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-007-0462-0     Document Type: Article

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