Plant hormones: Brassinosteroids in the spotlight

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 658-661

  Clouse, Steven D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BRASSINOLIDE; CHOLESTANOL; CYTOCHROME P450; DET2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HETEROCYCLIC STEROID; PHYTOHORMONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHOLESTANOLS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; STEROIDS, HETEROCYCLIC;

EID: 0030156540     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(09)00442-4     Document Type: Article

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