Mechanisms of auxin-dependent cell and tissue polarity

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 616-623

  Boutté, Yohann ^a   Ikeda, Yoshihisa ^a   Grebe, Markus ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; AUX1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; CARRIER PROTEIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PGP PROTEIN, PLANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL POLARITY; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 35648956086     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2007.07.008     Document Type: Review

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