Hormonal networks involved in apical hook development in darkness and their response to light

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Mazzella, Maria A ^a   Casal, Jorge J ^b,c   Muschietti, Jorge P ^a,b   Fox, Ana R ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO LELOIR   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apical hook; Arabidopsis; Auxin; COP1; Ethylene; Gibberellins; Photoreceptors; PIFs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901046245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00052     Document Type: Review

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