Overexpression of a novel Arabidopsis PP2C isoform, AtPP2CF1, enhances plant biomass production by increasing inflorescence stem growth

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 5385-5400

  Sugimoto, Hiroki ^a   Kondo, Satoshi ^b   Tanaka, Tomoko ^a   Imamura, Chie ^a   Muramoto, Nobuhiko ^a   Hattori, Etsuko ^b   Ogawa, Ken'ichi ^c   Mitsukawa, Norihiro ^a,b   Ohto, Chikara ^b  

^a Structural Dynamics Laboratory   (Japan)

^b TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c Research Institute for Biological Science OKAYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

ABA (abscisic acid); Biomass; Cell proliferation and expansion; Inflorescence stem; Plant; PP2C

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMASS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFLORESCENCE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOMASS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INFLORESCENCE;

EID: 84929990401     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru297     Document Type: Article

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