Cloning and transcriptional regulation of Sdrac encoding a Rac/Rop small guanosine 5'-triphosphate-binding protein gene from Scoparia dulcis

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 403-408

  Shite, Masato ^a   Yamamura, Yoshimi ^a   Kurosaki, Fumiya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ca2+ ionophore; Ethylene; Methyl jasmonate; Rac Rop GTPase; Scoparia dulcis

Indexed keywords

SCOPARIA; SCOPARIA DULCIS;

EID: 70350130666     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.26.403     Document Type: Article

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