Is boron involved solely in structural roles in vascular plants?

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-26

  González Fontes, Agustín ^a   Rexach, Jesús ^a   Navarro Gochicoa, María Teresa ^a   Herrera Rodríguez, María Begoña ^a   Beato, Víctor Manuel ^a   Maldonado, José María ^b   Camacho Cristóbal, Juan José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Asparagine; Boron; Cell wall; Cytoskeleton; Signaling; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 41349120097     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.3.1.4812     Document Type: Article

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