Repression of gibberellin biosynthesis or signaling produces striking alterations in poplar growth, morphology, and flowering

Planta

Volumn 234, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1285-1298

  Zawaski, Christine ^a   Kadmiel, Mahita ^b   Pickens, Jim ^a   Ma, Cathleen ^c   Strauss, Steven ^c   Busov, Victor ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gibberellin; Growth; Hormones; Populus

Indexed keywords

GIBBERELLIN; GIBBERELLIN 2 DIOXYGENASE; GIBBERELLIN 2-DIOXYGENASE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; POPULUS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TREE;

ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENES; TREES;

POPULUS;

EID: 81955160811     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1485-x     Document Type: Article

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