Knockdown of strigolactone biosynthesis genes in Populus affects BRANCHED1 expression and shoot architecture

New Phytologist

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 613-626

  Muhr, Merlin ^a   Prüfer, Nele ^a   Paulat, Maria ^a   Teichmann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

axillary meristem; branching; bud outgrowth; MAX4; poplar; Populus canescens; strigolactones; tree architecture

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; GENE EXPRESSION; HERB; HORMONE; LEGUME; MUTAGENICITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOTYPE; RICE; SHOOT GROWTH; WOODY PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; PISUM SATIVUM; POPULUS;

FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; GR24 STRIGOLACTONE; LACTONE; PLANT PROTEIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROSS BREEDING; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; POPULUS; SHOOT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 3-RING; LACTONES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS;

EID: 84978137633     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.14076     Document Type: Article

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