Gibberellin metabolism and its regulation

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2008, Pages 225-251

  Yamaguchi, Shinjiro ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 oxoglutarate dependent dioxygenase; Biosynthesis; Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase; Deactivation; Plant hormones; Terpene synthases

Indexed keywords

GIBBERELLIN; PHYTOHORMONE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

GIBBERELLINS; MERISTEM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS;

FUNGI;

EID: 44949108257     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.59.032607.092804     Document Type: Review

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