Transcriptional and hormonal regulation of gravitropism of woody stems in populus

Plant Cell

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2800-2813

  Gerttula, Suzanne ^a   Zinkgraf, Matthew ^a   Muday, Gloria K ^b   Lewis, Daniel R ^b   Ibatullin, Farid M ^c,d   Brumer, Harry ^c,e   Hart, Foster ^f   Mansfield, Shawn D ^f   Filkov, Vladimir ^g   Groover, Andrew ^a,h  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALBANOVA UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Sweden)

^d KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g University of California   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIBBERELLIC ACID; GIBBERELLIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CAMBIUM; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GRAVITROPISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; PLASTID; POPULUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TREE; WOOD; XYLEM;

CAMBIUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GIBBERELLINS; GRAVITROPISM; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; POPULUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TREES; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 84946782272     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.15.00531     Document Type: Article

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