Can heterotrimeric G proteins help to feed the world?

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 563-568

  Botella, José Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; CROP; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; RICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTATION; ORYZA SATIVA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84866882352     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2012.06.002     Document Type: Review

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