The Arabidopsis MAP kinase kinase 7: A crosstalk point between auxin signaling and defense responses?

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 272-274

  Zhang, Xudong ^a   Xiong, Yuqing ^a   DeFraia, Christopher ^a   Schmelz, Eric ^b   Mou, Zhonglin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Auxin signaling; Crosstalk; Defense responses; MAP kinase kinase 7

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 42549105845     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.3.4.5230     Document Type: Article

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