The ethylene gas signal transduction pathway: A molecular perspective

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue , 1998, Pages 227-254

  Johnson, Phoebe R ^a   Ecker, Joseph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Hormone signaling; Kinase cascade; Transcription factors; Two component regulators

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE;

AGRICULTURE; FRUIT; GAS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; CELL NUCLEUS; ETHYLENES; GENES, PLANT; LYASES; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032412475     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.32.1.227     Document Type: Review

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