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Aydin Y, Talas-Ogras T, Ipekci-Altas Z, Gozukirmizi N. 2006. Effects of brassinosteroid on cotton regeneration via somatic embryogenesis. Biologia, Bratislava, 61: 289-293**

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Bishop G, Nomura T, Yokota T, Montoya T, Castle J, Harrison K, Kushiro T, Kamiya Y, Yamaguchi S, Bancos S, Szatmari AM, Szekeres M. 2006. Dwarfism and cytochrome P450-mediated C-6 oxidation of plant steroid hormones. Biochemical Society Transactions 34: 1199-1201**

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Chen KG, An YQC. 2006. Transcriptional responses to gibberellin and abscisic acid in barley aleurone. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 48: 591-612**

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Dowidar AE, Abbas SM, Abdallah AA, El-Bahay MM, Mohamed HE. 2006. Influence of brassinolide on growth, yield and certain metabolite content on Nigella sativa (black cumin) CV. plants. Egyptian Journal of Biomedical Sciences 22: 94-117

Duan K, Li L, Hu P, Xu SP, Xu ZH, Xue HW. 2006. A brassinolide-suppressed rice MADS-box transcription factor, OsMDP1, has a negative regulatory role in BR signaling. Plant Journal 47: 519-531**

Federici L, DiMatteo A, Fernandez-Recio J, Tsernoglou D, Cervone F. 2006. Polygalacturonase inhibiting proteins: players in plant innate immunity? Trends in Plant Science 11: 65-70**

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Fujita S, Ohnishi T, Watanabe B, Yokota T, Takatsuto S, Fujioka S, Yoshida S, Sakata K, Mizutani M. 2006. Arabidopsis CYP90B1 catalyses the early C-22 hydroxylation of C27, C28 and C29 sterols. Plant Journal 45: 765-774**

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Huang B, Chen SL, Chen YM. 2006. Different chilling responses of brassinosteroid-biosynthetic genes in Arabidopsis and mung bean seedlings. Zuowu, Huanjing Yu Shengwu Zixun 3: 123-134**

Huang B, Chu CH, Chen SL, Juan HF, Chen YM. 2006. A proteomics study of the mung bean epicotyl regulated by brassinosteroids under conditions of chilling stress. Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters 11: 264-278**

Hwang JY, Park CH, Namgung H, Kim SK. 2006. Identification of a new brassinosteroid, 23-dehydro-2-epicastasterone, from immature seeds of Phaseolus vulgaris. Journal of Plant Biology 49: 409-412**

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Joo S, Seo YS, Kim SM, Hong DK, Park KY, Kim WT. 2006. Brassinosteroid induction of AtACS4 encoding an auxin-responsive 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate synthase 4 in Arabidopsis seedlings. Physiologia Plantarum 126: 592-604**

Kang YY, Guo SR, Duan JJ, Hu XH. 2006. Effects of 24-epibrassinolide on antioxidant system and anaerobic respiratory enzyme activities in cucumber roots under hypoxia stress. Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular 32: 535-542

Karlova R, Boeren S, Russinova E, Aker J, Vervoort J, de Vries S. 2006. The Arabidopsis SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE1 protein complex includes BRASSINOSTEROID-INSENSITIVE1. Plant Cell 18: 626-638**

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Kim H, Park PJ, Hwang HJ, Lee SY, Oh MH, Kim SG. 2006a. Brassinosteroid signals control expression of the AXR3/IAA17 gene in the cross-talk point with auxin in root development. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry 70: 768-773**

Kim HB, Kwon M, Ryu H, Fujioka S, Takatsuto S, Yoshida S, An CS, Lee I, Hwang I, Choe S. 2006b. The regulation of DWARF4 expression is likely a critical mechanism in maintaining the homeostasis of bioactive brassinosteroids in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 140: 548-557**

Kim YS, Joo SH, Hwang JY, Park CH, Kim SK. 2006c. Characterization of C29-brassinosteroids and their biosynthetic precursors in immature seeds of Phaseolus vulgaris. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society 27: 1117-1118**

Kim YS, Kim TW, Chang SC, Pharis RP, Lee JS, Han TJ, Takatsuto S, Cheong H, Kim SK. 2006d. Regulation of castasterone level in primary roots of maize, Zea mays. Physiologia Plantarum 127: 28-37**

Kitanaga Y, Jian C, Hasegawa M, Yazaki J, Kishimoto N, Kikuchi S, Nakamura H, Ichikawa H, Asami T, Yoshida S, Yamaguchi I, Suzuki Y. 2006. Sequential regulation of gibberellin, brassinosteroid, and jasmonic acid biosynthesis occurs in rice coleoptiles to control the transcript levels of anti-microbial Thionin genes. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry 70: 2410-2419**

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Kloosterman B, Visser RGF, Bachem CWB. 2006. Isolation and characterization of a novel potato Auxin/Indole-3-Acetic Acid family member (StIAA2) that is involved in petiole hyponasty and shoot morphogenesis. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 44: 766-775**

Ko JH, Yang SH, Han KH. 2006. Upregulation of an Arabidopsis RING-H2 gene, XERICO, confers drought tolerance through increased abscisic acid biosynthesis. Plant Journal 47: 343-355**

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Lee HK, Kwon M, Jeon JH, Fujioka S, Kim HB, Park SY, Takatsuto S, Yoshida S, Lee I, An CS, Choe S. 2006a. An Arabidopsis short root and dwarfism mutant defines a novel locus that mediates both cell division and elongation. Journal of Plant Biology 49: 61-69**

Lee YK, Kim GT, Kim IJ, Park J, Kwak SS, Choi G, Chung WI. 2006b. LONGIFOLIA1 and LONGIFOLIA2, two homologous genes, regulate longitudinal cell elongation in Arabidopsis. Development 133: 4305-4314**

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Lisso J, Altmann T, Müssig C. 2006. The AtNFXL1 gene encodes a NF-X1 type zinc finger protein required for growth under salt stress. FEBS Letters 580: 4851-4856**

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Lopez-Bucio J, Acevedo-Hernandez G, Ramirez-Chavez E, Molina-Torres J, Herrera-Estrella L. 2006. Novel signals for plant development. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 9: 523-529**

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