Enhanced cytokinin degradation in leaf primordia of transgenic Arabidopsis plants reduces leaf size and shoot organ primordia formation

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 168, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1328-1334

  Holst, Kerstin ^a   Schmülling, Thomas ^a   Werner, Tomáš ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cytokinin; Organ growth; Plant development; Shoot meristem

Indexed keywords

AINTEGUMENTA PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CYTOKININ; CYTOKININ OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CYTOKININS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MERISTEM; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 79958768952     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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