Gravity sensing and signaling

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 712-718

  Morita, Miyo Terao ^a   Tasaka, Masao ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENETICS; GRAVITROPISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GRAVITROPISM; GRAVITY PERCEPTION; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 6044252465     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2004.09.001     Document Type: Review

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