Genetic analysis of the Arabidopsis protein kinases MAP3Kε1 and MAP3Kε2 indicates roles in cell expansion and embryo development

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Chaiwongsar, Suraphon ^a   Strohm, Allison K ^b   Su, Shih Heng ^b   Krysan, Patrick J ^b  

^a RAJAMANGALA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY LANNA   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cell expansion; Embryo development; MAP kinase; MAP3Ke1; MAP3Ke2

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895071884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00228     Document Type: Article

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