The mechanisms of brassinosteroids' action: From signal transduction to plant development

Molecular Plant

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 588-600

  Yang, Cang Jin ^a   Zhang, Chi ^a   Lu, Yang Ning ^a   Jin, Jia Qi ^a   Wang, Xue Lu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; brassinosteroid; cross talk; phosphorylation; plant development; signaling pathway; stresses

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 79958762911     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssr020     Document Type: Review

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