The Arabidopsis EIN3 binding F-box proteins EBF1 and EBF2 have distinct but overlapping roles in ethylene signaling

Plant Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 509-523

  Binder, Brad M ^a   Walker, Joseph M ^a   Gagne, Jennifer M ^a,b   Emborg, Thomas J ^a   Hemmann, Georg ^a   Bleecker, Anthony B ^a   Vierstra, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; HORMONES; MUTAGENESIS;

DAMPENING SIGNALING; ETHYLENE PERCEPTION; HORMONE CONCENTRATIONS;

PROTEINS;

ETHYLENE; HORMONES; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 34250675590     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.048140     Document Type: Article

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