Effects of conditional IPT-dependent cytokinin overproduction on root architecture of arabidopsis seedlings

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 570-582

  Kuderová, Alena ^a   Urbánková, Ivana ^a   Válková, Martina ^a   Malbeck, Jiří ^b   Brzobohatý, Břetislav ^a,c   Némethová, Danka ^a   Hejátko, Jan ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Auxin cytokinin cross talk; CaMV 35S>GR>ipt transactivation; DR5 activity; Endogenous cytokinin; Root development

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ADENYLATE ISOPENTENYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOKININ; DEXAMETHASONE; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRANSFERASE; ZEATIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SEEDLING;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOKININS; DEXAMETHASONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MERISTEM; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SEEDLING; ZEATIN;

EID: 44349098584     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcn029     Document Type: Article

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