kNACking on heaven's door: How important are NAC transcription factors for leaf senescence and Fe/Zn remobilization to seeds?

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Ricachenevsky, Felipe Klein ^a   Menguer, Paloma Koprovski ^a   Sperotto, Raul Antonio ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO UNIVATES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biofortification; Iron; NAC transcription factor; Nutrient remobilization; Senescence; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888325903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00226     Document Type: Review

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