The molecular basis of ethylene signalling in Arabidopsis

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1374, 1998, Pages 1431-1438

  Woeste, Keith ^a   Kieber, Joseph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Arabidopsis; Ethylene; Plant development; Plant hormones; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; HISTIDINE KINASE; MOLECULAR MODEL; RECEPTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032578468     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0298     Document Type: Article

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