Instructive roles for hormones in plant development

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 8-10, 2009, Pages 1597-1608

  Alabadí, David ^a   Blázquez, Miguel A ^a   Carbonell, Juan ^a   Ferrándiz, Cristina ^a   Pérez Amador, Miguel A ^a  

^a Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

Author keywords

Auxin; Cytokinin; Differentiation; Gibberellin; Patterning

Indexed keywords

AUXIN; BRASSINOSTEROID; CYTOKININ; GIBBERELLIN; MORPHOGEN;

CELL FATE; FLOWERING; FRUIT GROWTH; FRUIT SET; HORMONAL REGULATION; MERISTEM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS; PISTIL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MERISTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 73949085735     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072423da     Document Type: Review

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