TCP1 modulates brassinosteroid biosynthesis by regulating the expression of the key biosynthetic gene DWARF4 in arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1161-1173

  Guo, Zhongxin ^a   Fujioka, Shozo ^b   Blancaflor, Elison B ^c   Miao, Sen ^a   Gou, Xiaoping ^a,d   Li, Jia ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 77953179269     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.069203     Document Type: Article

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