A small-molecule screen identifies L-Kynurenine as a competitive inhibitor of TAA1/TAR activity in Ethylene-Directed Auxin Biosynthesis and root growth in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3944-3960

  He, Wenrong ^a   Brumos, Javier ^b   Li, Hongjiang ^a,c   Ji, Yusi ^a   Ke, Meng ^d   Gong, Xinqi ^d   Zeng, Qinglong ^a   Li, Wenyang ^a   Zhang, Xinyan ^a   An, Fengying ^a   Wen, Xing ^a   Li, Pengpeng ^a   Chu, Jinfang ^e   Sun, Xiaohong ^e   Yan, Cunyu ^e   Yan, Nieng ^d   Xie, De Yu ^b   Raikhel, Natasha ^c   Yang, Zhenbiao ^c   Stepanova, Anna N ^b   Alonso, Jose M ^b   Guo, Hongwei ^a   more..

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84855168209     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.089029     Document Type: Article

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