Cross talk between the KNOX and ethylene pathways is mediated by intron-binding transcription factors in Barley

Plant Physiology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1616-1632

  Osnato, Michela ^a   Stile, Maria Rosaria ^b   Wang, Yamei ^c   Meynard, Donaldo ^d   Curiale, Serena ^a   Guiderdoni, Emmanuel ^d   Liu, Yongxiu ^c   Horner, David S ^a   Ouwerkerk, Pieter B F ^e   Pozzi, Carlo ^f   Muller, Kai J ^c   Salamini, Francesco ^a   Rossini, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d CIRAD   (France)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f PARCO TECNOLOGICO PADANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 78649770926     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.161984     Document Type: Article

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