Evidence that L-glutamate can act as an exogenous signal to modulate root growth and branching in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1045-1057

  Walch Liu, Pia ^a   Liu, Lai Hua ^b,d   Remans, Tony ^a   Tester, Mark ^c   Forde, Brian G ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana L.; Auxin; Lateral roots; Mutants; Natural variation; Root apical meristem

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; GLUTAMATES; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33749035009     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcj075     Document Type: Article

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