Molecular genetic analysis of brassinosteroid action

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 702-709

  Clouse, Steven D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Brassinosteroid; Elongation; Hormone deficient mutant; Hormone insensitive mutant; Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030742082     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1000334.x     Document Type: Article

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