Isolation and characterization of novel mutants affecting the abscisic acid sensitivity of Arabidopsis germination and seedling growth

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1485-1499

  Nishimura, Noriyuki ^a,b   Yoshida, Tomo ^a   Murayama, Maki ^a   Asami, Tadao ^c   Shinozaki, Kazuo ^b,d   Hirayama, Takashi ^a,b,d  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN TSUKUBA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

^d RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ABA analog; ABA hypersensitive mutant; Germination; Post germination growth; Stress response; Sugar response

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 9244226570     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pch171     Document Type: Article

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