The Regulation of Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 396-410

  Chung, Yuhee ^a   Choe, Sunghwa ^a,b,c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; auxin; brassinosteroids; BZR1; DWARF4; plant hormones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879915337     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2013.797856     Document Type: Article

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