PIFs get BRright: PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTORs as integrators of light and hormonal signals

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1126-1141

  de Lucas, Miguel ^a   Prat, Salomé ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

BES1 BZR1; Brassinosteroids (BRs); Cell expansion; Gibberellin (GA); Hormonal cross talk; Light signaling; PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTORS (PIFs)

Indexed keywords

BRASSINOSTEROID; GIBBERELLIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHYTOCHROME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BRASSINOSTEROIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GIBBERELLINS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYTOCHROME; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84899972670     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12725     Document Type: Article

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