A highly conserved gene for vitamin B6 biosynthesis may have consequences for stress and hormone responses in plants

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-14

  Graham, Cindy M ^a,d   Ehrenshaft, Marilyn ^b   Hausner, Georg ^c   Reid, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BORON; GENES; HORMONES; STRESS ANALYSIS; VITAMINS;

POTENT ANTIOXIDANTS; REGULATORY PATHWAY; WOUNDING;

PHYSIOLOGY;

CERCOSPORA; CERCOSPORA NICOTIANAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 2442542390     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-9317.2004.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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