Genetic aspects of auxin biosynthesis and its regulation

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-12

  Brumos, Javier ^a   Alonso, Jose M ^a   Stepanova, Anna N ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; TRYPTOPHAN AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PLANTS; TRYPTOPHAN TRANSAMINASE;

EID: 84898468296     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12098     Document Type: Review

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