Requirement and functional redundancy of Ib subgroup bHLH proteins for iron deficiency responses and uptake in arabidopsis thaliana

Molecular Plant

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 503-513

  Wang, Ning ^a   Cui, Yan ^a,b   Liu, Yi ^a,b   Fan, Huajie ^a   Du, Juan ^a,c   Huang, Zongan ^d   Yuan, Youxi ^a   Wu, Huilan ^a   Ling, Hong Qing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Wenzhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

bHLH protein; FIT; iron homeostasis; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84873261716     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sss089     Document Type: Article

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