A molecular basis for the physiological variation in shade avoidance responses: A tale of two ecotypes

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 528-529

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

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell wall modification; Expansins; Light quality; Phenotypic plasticity; Shade avoidance; Stellaria longipes; XTHs

Indexed keywords

STELLARIA; STELLARIA LONGIPES;

EID: 67650146148     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.4.6.8586     Document Type: Article

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