The ARG1-LIKE2 gene of Arabidopsis functions in a gravity signal transduction pathway that is genetically distinct from the PGM pathway

Plant Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 100-112

  Guan, Changhui ^a   Rosen, Elizabeth S ^a,b   Boonsirichai, Kanokporn ^a   Poff, Kenneth L ^a,c   Masson, Patrick H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Madison Area Technical College   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENES; MUTAGENESIS;

GRAVITROPISM;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; COLUMELLA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0141452975     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.023358     Document Type: Article

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