Ethylene responses in rice roots and coleoptiles are differentially regulated by a carotenoid isomerase-mediated abscisic acid pathway

Plant Cell

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1061-1081

  Yin, Cui Cui ^a,b   Ma, Biao ^a,b   Collinge, Derek Phillip ^c   Pogson, Barry James ^c   He, Si Jie ^a   Xiong, Qing ^a,b   Duan, Kai Xuan ^a,b   Chen, Hui ^a,b   Yang, Chao ^a,b   Lu, Xiang ^a,b   Wang, Yi Qin ^a   Zhang, Wan Ke ^a   Chu, Cheng Cai ^a   Sun, Xiao Hong ^a   Fang, Shuang ^a   Chu, Jin Fang ^a   Lu, Tie Gang ^d   Chen, Shou Yi ^a,b   Zhang, Jin Song ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA;

ABSCISIC ACID; CAROTENOID; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ISOMERASE; PLANT PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; ORYZA; PLANT ROOT;

ABSCISIC ACID; CAROTENOIDS; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ISOMERASES; ORYZA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 84928951649     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.15.00080     Document Type: Article

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