Ethylene signaling: Simple ligand, complex regulation

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 554-560

  Merchante, Catharina ^a   Alonso, Jose M ^a   Stepanova, Anna N ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CTR1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; EIN2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PROTEIN KINASES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84885368622     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2013.08.001     Document Type: Review

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