Root apex transition zone: A signalling-response nexus in the root

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 402-408

  Baluška, František ^a   Mancuso, Stefano ^b   Volkmann, Dieter ^a   Barlow, Peter W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; PLANT ROOTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPISM;

EID: 77955267294     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2010.04.007     Document Type: Review

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