Type B response regulators of Arabidopsis play key roles in cytokinin signaling and plant development

Plant Cell

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2102-2116

  Argyros, Rebecca D ^a   Mathews, Dennis E ^b   Chiang, Yi Hsuan ^a   Palmer, Christine M ^a   Thibault, Derek M ^a   Etheridge, Naomi ^a,d   Argyros, D Aaron ^a   Mason, Michael G ^a,d   Kieber, Joseph J ^c   Schallera, G Eric ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 57749104912     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.059584     Document Type: Article

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