10 De-Repression of Seed Germination by GA Signaling
Annual Plant Reviews book series, Volume 27: Seed Development, Dormancy and Germination
Camille M. Steber,
Camille M. Steber
U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service and Department of Crop and Soil Science and Graduate Program in Molecular Plant Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164-6420 USA
Search for more papers by this authorCamille M. Steber,
Camille M. Steber
U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service and Department of Crop and Soil Science and Graduate Program in Molecular Plant Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99164-6420 USA
Search for more papers by this authorThis article was originally published in 2007 in Seed Development, Dormancy and Germination, Volume 27 (ISBN 9781405139830) of the Annual Plant Reviews book series, this volume edited by Kent J. Bradford and Hiroyuki Nonogaki. The article was republished in Annual Plant Reviews online in April 2018.
Abstract
The sections in this article are
- Introduction
- Control of Germination by GA Signaling
- The Role of the Ubiquitin–Proteasome Pathway in GA Signaling
- Is RGL2 a ‘Master Regulator’ of Seed Germination?
- Sleepy1 is a Positive Regulator of Seed Germination in Arabidopsis
- Do DELLA Proteins Have a Conserved Role in Seed Germination?
- Future Directions
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