The sterol methyltransferases SMT1, SMT2, and SMT3 influence arabidopsis development through nonbrassinosteroid products

Plant Physiology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 741-756

  Carland, Francine ^a   Fujioka, Shozo ^b   Nelson, Timothy ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 77953228067     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.152587     Document Type: Article

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