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Interactions between sterol biosynthesis genes in embryonic development of Arabidopsis.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jul 2002
Schrick Kathrin, Mayer Ulrike, Martin Gottfried, Bellini Catherine, Kuhnt Christine, Schmidt Jürgen, Jürgens Gerd
Abstract excerpt
The sterol biosynthesis pathway of Arabidopsis produces a large set of structurally related phytosterols including sitosterol and campesterol, the latter being the precursor of the brassinosteroids (BRs). While BRs are implicated as phytohormones in post-embryonic growth, the functions of other types of steroid molecules are not clear. Characterization of the fackel (fk) mutants provided the first hint that...
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