RhNAC2 and RhEXPA4 are involved in the regulation of dehydration tolerance during the expansion of rose petals

Plant Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2064-2082

  Dai, Fanwei ^a   Zhang, Changqing ^a   Jiang, Xinqiang ^a   Kang, Mei ^a   Yin, Xia ^a   Lü, Peitao ^a   Zhang, Xiao ^a   Zheng, Yi ^a   Gao, Junping ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84870786903     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.207720     Document Type: Article

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