Ectopic over-expression of the maize beta-glucosidase Zm-p60.1 interferes with cytokinin homeostasis in transgenic tobacco.

• Title in English: Ectopic over-expression of the maize b-glucosidase Zm-p60.1 interferes with cytokinin homeostasis in transgenic tobacco.
• Authors: KIRAN Nagavalli Subbanna; POLANSKA Lenka; FOHLEROVÁ Radka; MAZURA Pavel; VÁLKOVÁ Martina; SMERAL Miloslav; ZOUHAR Jan; MALBECK Jiri; DOBREV Petre; MACHACKOVA Ivana; BRZOBOHATÝ Břetislav
• Year of publication: 2006
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Journal of Experimental Botany
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Field: Genetics and molecular biology
• Keywords: beta-glucosidase; chloroplast; cytokinin metabolism; ectopic expression; hormone conjugation; zeatin-O-glucoside
• Description: Overexpression of Zm-p60.1 leads to ectopic structures and accumulation of active cytokinin metabolites in zeatin-fed tobacco seedlings.

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