DWARF AND LOW-TILLERING acts as a direct downstream target of a GSK3/SHAGGY-like kinase to mediate brassinosteroid responses in rice

Plant Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2562-2577

  Tong, Hongning ^a   Liu, Linchuan ^a   Jin, Yun ^a   Du, Lin ^a   Yin, Yanhai ^b   Qian, Qian ^c   Zhu, Lihuang ^a   Chu, Chengcai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

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ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84864486579     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.097394     Document Type: Article

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