Genome-wide analysis of ethylene-responsive element binding factor-associated amphiphilic repression motif-containing transcriptional regulators in arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1109-1134

  Kagale, Sateesh ^a   Links, Matthew G ^a   Rozwadowski, Kevin ^a  

^a SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ORYZA SATIVA; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA; SORGHUM BICOLOR; VITACEAE; VITIS; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 77949511433     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.151704     Document Type: Article

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