Two direct targets of cytokinin signaling regulate symbiotic nodulation in medicago truncatula

Plant Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3838-3852

  Ariel, Federico ^a,b   Brault Hernandez, Marianne ^a   Laffont, Carole ^a   Huault, Emeline ^a   Brault, Mathias ^a,c   Plet, Julie ^a,e   Moison, Michael ^a   Blanchet, Sandrine ^a,f   Ichanté, Jean Laurent ^d   Chabaud, Mireille ^d   Carrere, Sébastien ^d   Crespi, Martin ^a   Chan, Raquel L ^b   Frugiera, Florian ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DU VÉGÉTAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e Centre d'Etudes Atomiques   (France)

^f Centre d'Etudes Atomiques   (France)

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EID: 84868090707     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.103267     Document Type: Article

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