Shedding light on gibberellic acid signalling

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-62

  Schwechheimer, Claus ^a   Willige, Björn Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIBBERELLIC ACID; GIBBERELLIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

METABOLISM; MOSS; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BRYOPHYTA; GIBBERELLINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BRYOPHYTA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; SELAGINELLA; SELAGINELLA MOELLENDORFFII; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 58149305992     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2008.09.004     Document Type: Review

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