Ethylene's role in phosphate starvation signaling: More than just a root growth regulator

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 277-286

  Nagarajan, Vinay K ^a   Smith, Aaron P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethylene; Local; Phosphorus deficiency; Sensing; Systemic

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOHORMONE;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHOSPHATES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT ROOTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84863116510     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcr186     Document Type: Review

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