Brassinosteroid signal transduction: Still casting the actors

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-84

  Schumacher, Karin ^a   Chory, Joanne ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0034141687     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(99)00038-2     Document Type: Review

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