Small molecule approaches in plants

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-98

  Kaschani, Farnusch ^a   van der Hoorn, Renier ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASSINAZOLE; CYTOCHROME P450 INHIBITOR; HERBICIDE; PHYTOHORMONE; SIRTINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BOTANY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL GENETICS; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SCREENING; GRAVITROPISM; GROWTH REGULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; REVIEW; SCIENTIST;

BENZAMIDES; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GRAVITROPISM; HERBICIDES; NAPHTHOLS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRIAZOLES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33846820374     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.11.038     Document Type: Review

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