Biochemical and genetic analysis of brassinosteroid metabolism and function in Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 145-155

  Szekeres, Miklós ^a   Koncz, Csaba ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Biosynthesis; Brassinosteroid; Cell elongation; Photomorphogenesis; Signaling

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0031892283     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(98)80099-5     Document Type: Review

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