Germination of photoblastic lettuce seeds is regulated via the control of endogenous physiologically active gibberellin content, rather than of gibberellin responsiveness

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3383-3393

  Sawada, Yoshiaki ^a,b   Katsumata, Takumi ^c   Kitamura, Jun ^d   Kawaide, Hiroshi ^c   Nakajima, Masatoshi ^d   Asami, Tadao ^d   Nakaminami, Kentaro ^a,b,f   Kurahashi, Toshihiro ^b,g   Mitsuhashi, Wataru ^a,b   Inoue, Yasunori ^e   Toyomasu, Tomonobu ^a,b  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^f WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Germination; Gibberellin metabolism; Gibberellin signalling; Lettuce

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; ENT KAURENE OXIDASE; ENT KAURENE SYNTHETASE A; ENT KAURENE SYNTHETASE B; ENT KAURENOIC ACID OXIDASE; ENT-KAURENE OXIDASE; ENT-KAURENE SYNTHETASE A; ENT-KAURENE SYNTHETASE B; ENT-KAURENOIC ACID OXIDASE; GIBBERELLIN; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; LETTUCE; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT SEED; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLINS; LETTUCE; LIGHT; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 51749113162     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern192     Document Type: Article

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