Nitrogen signalling pathways shaping root system architecture: An update

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 21, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-36

  Forde, Brian G ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ROOT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUTAMIC ACID; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ROOTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84903646802     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2014.06.004     Document Type: Review

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