Flavonoids synthesized in cortical cells during nodule initiation are early developmental markers in white clover

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1223-1232

  Mathesius, Ulrike ^a   Bayliss, Cathy ^b   Weinman, Jeremy J ^a   Schlaman, Helmi R M ^c   Spaink, Herman P ^c   Rolfe, Barry G ^a   McCully, Margaret E ^b   Djordjevic, Michael A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Auxin transport inhibitor; Nod gene inducer; Secondary signals; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CHALCONE SYNTHASE; CLOVER; FLAVONOID; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; NODULATION; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANT GROWTH;

EID: 0031735525     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.12.1223     Document Type: Article

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