Regulation of phosphate starvation responses in plants: Signaling players and cross-talks

Molecular Plant

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 288-299

  Rouached, Hatem ^a   Arpat, A Bulak ^a   Poirier, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Iron; Phosphate; Phytohormones; Signaling; SPX

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950273261     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssp120     Document Type: Review

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