Challenges in understanding RLK function

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 388-392

  Lease, Kevin ^a   Ingham, Erika ^a   Walker, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN KINASES;

EID: 0032174180     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(98)80261-6     Document Type: Article

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