Serotonin, a tryptophan-derived signal conserved in plants and animals, regulates root system architecture probably acting as a natural auxin inhibitor in arabidopsis thaliana

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 490-508

  Pelagio Flores, Ramón ^a   Ortíz Castro, Randy ^a   Méndez Bravo, Alfonso ^a   MacÍas Rodríguez, Lourdes ^a   López Bucio, Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Auxin signaling; Root architecture; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79952338041     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcr006     Document Type: Article

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