Flavonols protect arabidopsis plants against UV-B deleterious effects

Molecular Plant

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1376-1379

  Emiliani, Julia ^a   Grotewold, Erich ^b   Ferreyra, María Lorena Falcone ^a   Casati, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84880732443     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst021     Document Type: Letter

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