Multilevel control of Arabidopsis 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase by protein phosphatase 2A

Plant Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1494-1511

  Leivar, Pablo ^a,b   Antolín Llovera, Meritxell ^a,c   Ferrero, Sergi ^a   Closa, Marta ^a   Arró, Montserrat ^a   Ferrer, Albert ^a   Boronat, Albert ^a   Campos, Narciso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURAL GENOMICS CRAG   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 79957689735     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.074278     Document Type: Article

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