Leaf-induced gibberellin signaling is essential for internode elongation, cambial activity, and fiber differentiation in tobacco stems

Plant Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-79

  Dayan, Jonathan ^a,b   Voronin, Nickolay ^a   Gong, Fan ^c   Sun, Tai Ping ^b   Hedden, Peter ^c   Fromm, Hillel ^a   Aloni, Roni ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84857739791     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.093096     Document Type: Article

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