Nitrogen signalling in Arabidopsis: How to obtain insights into a complex signalling network

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1391-1397

  Castaings, Loren ^a,b   Marchive, Chloé ^a   Meyer, Christian ^a   Krapp, Anne ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

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

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; forward and reverse genetic screens; new technologies; nitrate signalling; transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI;

EID: 79551716519     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq375     Document Type: Review

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