The role of root border cells in plant defense

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 128-133

  Hawes, Martha C ^a   Gunawardena, Uvini ^a   Miyasaka, Susan ^b   Zhao, Xiaowen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SECRETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; PLANT DEFENSE; ROOT BORDER CELL; ROOTING; SOMATIC CELL; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0034161890     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(00)01556-9     Document Type: Note

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