Signaling on the stigma: Potential new roles for ROS and NO in plant cell signaling

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-24

  Hiscock, Simon J ^a   Bright, Jo ^b   McInnis, Stephanie M ^a   Desikan, Radhika ^b   Hancock, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defense; Hydrogen peroxide; Nitric oxide; Pollen; Reactive oxygen species; Signaling; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 39449103116     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.2.1.3644     Document Type: Article

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