Auxin response factors

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 453-460

  Guilfoyle, Tom J ^a   Hagen, Gretchen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REVIEW; RICE;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34848909529     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2007.08.014     Document Type: Review

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