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Nitric oxide-induced rapid decrease of abscisic acid concentration is required in breaking seed dormancy in Arabidopsis.
The New phytologist - 1 Jan 2009
Liu Yinggao, Shi Lin, Ye Nenghui, Liu Rui, Jia Wensuo, Zhang Jianhua
Abstract excerpt
Nitric oxide (NO) has been reported to be involved in breaking seed dormancy but its mechanism of action is unclear. Here, we report that a rapid accumulation of NO induced an equally rapid decrease of abscisic acid (ABA) that is required for this action in Arabidopsis. Results of quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (QRT-PCR) and Western blotting indicate that the NO-induced ABA decrease correlates...
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