Cellular processes relying on sterol function in plants

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 705-713

  Boutté, Yohann ^a   Grebe, Markus ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHYTOSTEROL;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; PHYTOSTEROLS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 70450176714     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2009.09.013     Document Type: Review

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