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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Arabidopsis thaliana
SUBMITTER: Sunghwa Choe
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-12964 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology 20110404 4
Brassinosteroids (BRs) are growth-promoting steroidal hormones. Despite the importance of BRs in plant biology, the signal that initiates BR biosynthesis remains unknown. Among the enzymes involved in BR biosynthesis in Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), DWARF4 catalyzes the rate-determining step. Through both the histochemical analysis of DWF4pro:GUS plants and the direct measurement of endogenous BR content, we discovered that BR biosynthesis is stimulated by auxin. When DWF4pro:GUS was subje ...[more]