Auxin and Its Role in Plant Senescence

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-33

  Mueller Roeber, Bernd ^a,b   Balazadeh, Salma ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ARF; Auxin; Chloroplast; Development; Leaf; SAUR; Senescence; Signaling; Transcription factor; YUCCA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897569560     PISSN: 07217595     EISSN: 14358107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00344-013-9398-5     Document Type: Review

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