Inceased Ethylene Production Can Account for Some of the Phenotype Alterations Accompanying Activation of a Cytokinin Biosynthesis Gene, ipt, During Germination and Early Seedling Development in Tobacco

• Authors: GENKOV Todor Nikolaev; VÁGNER Martin; DUBOVÁ Jaroslava; MALBECK Jiří; MOORE Ian; BRZOBOHATÝ Břetislav
• Year of publication: 2002
• Type: Article in Proceedings
• Conference: NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Biology and Biotechnology of the Plant Hormone Ethylene 2002
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Genetics and molecular biology
• Keywords: cytokinin; ipt; ethylene; tobacco
• Description: Increased ethylene production coincided with a peak of free cytokinin following ipt gene activation. Phenotype alterations mediated by increased ethylene biosynthesis were characterized.

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