1955: Kinetin arrives. The 50th anniversary of a new plant hormone

Plant Physiology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1177-1184

  Amasino, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; KINETIN; PHYTOHORMONE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HISTORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TOBACCO;

ADENINE; CELL DIVISION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; KINETIN; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; TOBACCO;

EID: 27244452656     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.900160     Document Type: Editorial

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