Strigolactones stimulate internode elongation independently of gibberellins

Plant Physiology

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1012-1025

  de Saint Germain, Alexandre ^a   Ligerot, Yasmine ^a   Dun, Elizabeth A ^b   Pillot, Jean Paul ^a   Ross, John J ^c   Beveridge, Christine A ^b   Rameau, Catherine ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PISUM SATIVUM;

GIBBERELLIN; GR24 COMPOUND; LACTONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HYDROPONICS; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; FLOWERS; GIBBERELLINS; HYDROPONICS; LACTONES; MERISTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEAS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT STEMS; PROTEOLYSIS;

EID: 84885195468     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.220541     Document Type: Article

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