Variable expansin expression in Arabidopsis leads to different growth responses

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 171, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 329-339

  Goh, Hoe Han ^a,b   Sloan, Jennifer ^a   Malinowski, Robert ^a,c   Fleming, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Expansin; Hypocotyl; Leaf development; Petiole

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

PATULIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LEAF DEVELOPMENT; METABOLISM; PETIOLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH;

ARABIDOPSIS; EXPANSIN; HYPOCOTYL; LEAF DEVELOPMENT; PETIOLE;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HYPOCOTYL; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84894950245     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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