Brassinosteroid action in flowering plants: A Darwinian perspective

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3511-3522

  Kutschera, Ulrich ^a,b   Wang, Zhi Yong ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; brassinosteroids; Charles Darwin; hormone action; signal transduction; steroidal hormones

Indexed keywords

BRASSINOSTEROID; PHYTOHORMONE;

ANGIOSPERM; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REVIEW; RICE;

ANGIOSPERMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRASSINOSTEROIDS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA NAPUS; CHLOROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84863696521     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers065     Document Type: Review

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