From squalene to brassinolide: The steroid metabolic and signaling pathways across the plant kingdom

Molecular Plant

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1738-1757

  Vriet, Cécile ^a,b,c,d   Eugenia, Russinova ^e,f   Reuzeau, Christophe ^a  

^a CropDesign NV   (Belgium)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d DIF   (France)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Brassinosteroids; Phytosterols; Rice

Indexed keywords

BRASSINOLIDE; BRASSINOSTEROID; HETEROCYCLIC STEROID; PHYTOSTEROL; SQUALENE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRASSINOSTEROIDS.; METABOLISM; PLANT; RICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSINOSTEROIDS.; PHYTOSTEROLS; RICE;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRASSINOSTEROIDS; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUALENE; STEROIDS, HETEROCYCLIC;

EID: 84891911402     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst096     Document Type: Review

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