The U-box e3 ligase SPL11/PUB13 is a convergence point of defense and flowering signaling in plants

Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-37

  Liu, Jinling ^a,b   Li, Wei ^b   Ning, Yuese ^a   Shirsekar, Gautam ^c   Cai, Yuhui ^c   Wang, Xuli ^a   Dai, Liangying ^b   Wang, Zhilong ^b   Liu, Wende ^a   Wang, Guo Liang ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84865847856     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.199430     Document Type: Article

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