CYTOKININ OXIDASE/DEHYDROGENASE3 maintains cytokinin homeostasis during root and nodule development in Lotus Japonicus

Plant Physiology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1060-1074

  Reid, Dugald E ^a   Heckmann, Anne B ^a,c   Novák, Ondřej ^b   Kelly, Simon ^a   Stougaard, Jens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c Arla Foods   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKININ; CYTOKININ OXIDASE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PLANT PROTEIN;

ALLELE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOSTASIS; LOTUS (GENUS); MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PROMOTER REGION;

ALLELES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKININS; GENES, PLANT; HOMEOSTASIS; LOTEAE; MERISTEM; MUTATION; NITRATES; NITROGEN FIXATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; ROOT NODULES, PLANT;

EID: 84956839790     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00650     Document Type: Article

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