Overexpression of a putative Arabidopsis BAHD acyltransferase causes dwarfism that can be rescued by brassinosteroid

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 5787-5801

  Wang, Mengjiao ^a   Liu, Xiayan ^a   Wang, Rui ^a   Li, Wanchun ^a   Rodermel, Steve ^b   Yu, Fei ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis shoot development; BAHD acyltransferase; brassinosteroid; de etiolation; dwarfism; genetic interaction

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BRASSINOSTEROID; PHYTOHORMONE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BRASSINOSTEROIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS;

EID: 84867559406     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers227     Document Type: Article

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