Transcription of DWARF4 plays a crucial role in auxin-regulated root elongation in addition to brassinosteroid homeostasis in arabidopsis thaliana

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Yoshimitsu, Yuya ^a   Tanaka, Kiwamu ^b   Fukuda, Wataru ^a   Asami, Tadao ^c   Yoshida, Shigeo ^d   Hayashi, Ken ichiro ^e   Kamiya, Yuji ^d   Jikumaru, Yusuke ^d   Shigeta, Tomoaki ^a   Nakamura, Yasushi ^f   Matsuo, Tomoaki ^a   Okamoto, Shigehisa ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d RIKEN Plant Science Center   (Japan)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^f KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUXIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BRASSINAZOLE; BRASSINOLIDE; BRASSINOSTEROID; HORMONE INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA; RNA PRECURSOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,3,5-TRIIODOBENZOIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME P450; DWF4 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HYBRID PROTEIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IODOBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DWF4 GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOT DEVELOPMENT; ROOT LENGTH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRASSINOSTEROIDS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEOSTASIS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDLING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 80052341212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023851     Document Type: Article

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