Crossing paths: Cytokinin signalling and crosstalk

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1373-1383

  El Showk, Sedeer ^a   Ruonala, Raili ^a   Helariutta, Ykä ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Auxin; Cytokinin; Hormonal crosstalk; Plant development

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; AUXIN; CYTOKININ; EQUILIBRATIVE NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORTER 1; EQUILIBRATIVE NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORTER 2; ETHYLENE; GIBBERELLIN; HISTIDINE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PERMEASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHYTOHORMONE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; STRIGOLACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHENOPODIUM; CHENOPODIUM RUBRUM; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HORMONE TRANSPORT; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LEAF SENESCENCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT APICAL DOMINANCE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE PERMEASE 1 GENE; PURINE PERMEASE 2 GENE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYTOKININS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN KINASES; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84875066082     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.086371     Document Type: Review

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