The role of the Elongator complex in plants

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  DeFraia, Christopher T ^a,b   Mou, Zhonglin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Elongator; Growth and development; Immune response

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA;

MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT; REVIEW;

MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79956194850     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.1.14040     Document Type: Review

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