Source-sink regulation by sugar and stress

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 198-206

  Roitsch, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON; GENE EXPRESSION; HEXOSE; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOURCE SINK MANIPULATION; SUCROSE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0033153127     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(99)80036-3     Document Type: Article

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