Heterologous overexpression of the birch FRUITFULL-like MADS-box gene BpMADS4 prevents normal senescence and winter dormancy in Populus tremula L.

Planta

Volumn 227, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1001-1011

  Hoenicka, Hans ^a   Nowitzki, Olaf ^a,b   Hanelt, Dieter ^b   Fladung, Matthias ^a  

^a Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Dormancy; Homeotic gene; MADS box; Photosynthesis; Poplar; Senescence; Transgenic trees

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; BIRCH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BETULA; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHLOROPHYLL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 43149094430     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-007-0674-0     Document Type: Article

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