Classical Ethylene Insensitive Mutants of the Arabidopsis EIN2 Orthologue Lack the Expected 'hypernodulation' Response in Lotus japonicus

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 395-408

  Chan, Pick Kuen ^a   Biswas, Bandana ^a   Gresshoff, Peter M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b c o MARDI Headquarters   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ABA; Development; Ethylene; Legume; Nodulation; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EIN2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ETHYLENE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HOMOLOGY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; SYMBIOSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; LOTUS; METABOLISM; NODULATION; PLANT ROOT; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ETHYLENES; LOTUS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SYMBIOSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; FUNGI; LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 84876077695     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jipb.12040     Document Type: Article

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