Brassinosteroid signaling

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1615-1620

  Wang, Zhi Yong ^a   Zhu, Jia Ying ^a,b   Sae Seaw, Juthamas ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassinosteroid; Gibberellin; Photomorphogenesis; Receptor kinase

Indexed keywords

AUXIN; BIM PROTEIN; BRASSINAZOLE RESISTANT 1; BRASSINAZOLE RESISTANT 2; BRASSINOSTEROID; BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 1; BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE 2; BRASSINOSTEROID SIGNALLING KINASE 1; BRI1 ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR KINASE 1; CONSTITUTIVE DIFFERENTIAL GROWTH 1; CYCLIN B1; CYCLIN D3; EPIDERMAL PATTERNING FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GIBBERELLIN; PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; ROOT DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

BRASSINOSTEROIDS; GENES, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; LIGHT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875453384     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.060590     Document Type: Article

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