Regulation of specialized metabolism by WRKY transcription factors

Plant Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 295-306

  Schluttenhofer, Craig ^a   Yuan, Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT;

METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84921978489     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.251769     Document Type: Article

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