Article
Characterization of genes involved in cytokinin signaling and metabolism from rice.
Plant physiology - 1 Apr 2012
Tsai Yu-Chang, Weir Nicholas R, Hill Kristine, Zhang Wenjing, Kim Hyo Jung, Shiu Shin-Han, Schaller G Eric, Kieber Joseph J
Abstract excerpt
Two-component signaling elements play important roles in plants, including a central role in cytokinin signaling. We characterized two-component elements from the monocot rice (Oryza sativa) using several complementary approaches. Phylogenetic analysis reveals relatively simple orthologous relationships among the histidine kinases in rice and Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana). In contrast, the...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Arabidopsis
- Cytokinins
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, Plant
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Indoleacetic Acids
- Kinetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Oryza
