Auxin enters the matrix - assembly of response machineries for specific outputs

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 520-526

  Lokerse, Annemarie S ^a   Weijers, Dolf ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 70349559408     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2009.07.007     Document Type: Review

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