Brassinosteroid regulates cell elongation by modulating gibberellin metabolism in ricec w open

Plant Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4376-4393

  Tong, Hongning ^a   Xiao, Yunhua ^a   Liu, Dapu ^a   Gao, Shaopei ^a   Liu, Linchuan ^a   Yin, Yanhai ^b   Jin, Yun ^c   Qian, Qian ^d   Chu, Chengcai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ORYZA SATIVA;

BRASSINOSTEROID; GIBBERELLIN; PHYTOHORMONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL ENLARGEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; ORYZA; PLANT LEAF; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BRASSINOSTEROIDS; CELL ENLARGEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; ORYZA; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDLINGS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84919796915     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.132092     Document Type: Article

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