Plant Rac-like GTPases are activated by auxin and mediate auxin-responsive gene expression

Plant Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2745-2760

  Tao, Li Zhen ^a   Cheung, Alice Y ^a   Wu, Hen Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ENZYMES; GENES; TOBACCO;

TRANSGENIC SEEDLINGS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0036845757     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.006320     Document Type: Article

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