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Overexpression of a novel class of gibberellin 2-oxidases decreases gibberellin levels and creates dwarf plants.
The Plant cell - 1 Jan 2003
Schomburg Fritz M, Bizzell Colleen M, Lee Dong Ju, Zeevaart Jan A D, Amasino Richard M
Abstract excerpt
Degradation of active C(19)-gibberellins (GAs) by dioxygenases through 2beta-hydroxylation yields inactive GA products. We identified two genes in Arabidopsis (AtGA2ox7 and AtGA2ox8), using an activation-tagging mutant screen, that encode 2beta-hydroxylases. GA levels in both activation-tagged lines were reduced significantly, and the lines displayed dwarf phenotypes typical of mutants with a GA deficiency....
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