The Ethylene Response Pathway in Arabidopsis

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 48, Issue , 1997, Pages 277-296

  Kieber, Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mutants; Plant hormones; Protein kinase; Signal transduction; Two component system

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; PROKARYOTA;

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; PROTEIN KINASE; RAF PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

NASA DISCIPLINE PLANT BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ETHYLENES; GENES, PLANT; MUTATION; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RAF; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031310679     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.48.1.277     Document Type: Article

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