Oligosaccharins, brassinolides, and jasmonates: Nontraditional regulators of plant growth, development, and gene expression

Plant Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1211-1223

  Creelman, Robert A ^a   Mullet, John E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031177884     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.7.1211     Document Type: Article

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