Trehalose-6-phosphate and SnRK1 kinases in plant development and signaling: The emerging picture

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Tsai, Allen Y L ^a   Gazzarrini, Sonia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ABA; Flowering; Hormones; Plant development; Seed maturation and germination; SnRK1; Sugar; Trehalose 6 phosphate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901023287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00119     Document Type: Review

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