Arabidopsis potential calcium sensors regulate nitric oxide levels and the transition to flowering

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 446-454

  Tsai, Yu Chang ^a   Delk, Nikkí A ^a   Chowdhury, Naweed I ^a   Braam, Janet ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calmodulin; Cell signaling; Flowering; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 37749052423     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.2.6.4695     Document Type: Article

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