The AT-hook motif-encoding gene METABOLIC NETWORK MODULATOR 1 underlies natural variation in Arabidopsis primary metabolism

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Li, Baohua ^a   Kliebenstein, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; AT hook motif; Primary metabolism; QTL; TCA

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907355092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00415     Document Type: Article

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