Conservation of Lotus and Arabidopsis basic helix-loop-helix proteins reveals new players in root hair development

Plant Physiology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1175-1185

  Karas, Bogumil ^a,b   Amyot, Lisa ^a   Johansen, Christopher ^a   Sato, Shusei ^c   Tabata, Satoshi ^c   Kawaguchi, Masayoshi ^d   Szczyglowski, Krzysztof ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS;

EID: 70350648730     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.143867     Document Type: Article

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