Root Tropism. Its Mechanism and Possible Functions in Drought Avoidance

Advances in Botanical Research

Volumn 57, Issue , 2011, Pages 349-375

  Miyazawa, Yutaka ^a   Yamazaki, Tomokazu ^a   Moriwaki, Teppei ^a   Takahashi, Hideyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Biosynthesis; Protein phosphorylation; Receptor; RNA processing; Signal transduction; Transporter

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955164607     PISSN: 00652296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-387692-8.00010-2     Document Type: Book

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