The regulation of cell wall extensibility during shade avoidance: A study using two contrasting ecotypes of Stellaria longipes

Plant Physiology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1557-1569

  Sasidharan, Rashmi ^a,b   Chinnappa, C C ^b   Voesenek, Laurentius A C J ^a   Pierik, Ronald ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STELLARIA; STELLARIA LONGIPES;

EID: 57749119288     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.125518     Document Type: Article

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