DELLA activity is required for successful pollen development in the Columbia ecotype of Arabidopsis

New Phytologist

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 825-836

  Plackett, Andrew R G ^a   Ferguson, Alison C ^b   Powers, Stephen J ^a   Wanchoo Kohli, Aakriti ^a   Phillips, Andrew L ^a   Wilson, Zoe A ^b   Hedden, Peter ^a   Thomas, Stephen G ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Col 0; DELLA; Ecotypic differences; Gibberellin; Ler; Male sterility; Pollen development

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ECOTYPE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH REGULATOR; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLLEN; PROTEIN; RICE; STERILITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; ORYZA SATIVA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GAI PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GIBBERELLIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RGA PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; COL-0; CYTOLOGY; DELLA; ECOTYPE; ECOTYPIC DIFFERENCES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LER; MALE STERILITY; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT INFERTILITY; POLLEN; POLLEN DEVELOPMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; COL-0; DELLA; ECOTYPIC DIFFERENCES; GIBBERELLIN; LER; MALE STERILITY; POLLEN DEVELOPMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ECOTYPE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MEIOSIS; MUTATION; PLANT INFERTILITY; POLLEN; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84891901889     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12571     Document Type: Article

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