The yin-yang of hormones: Cytokinin and auxin interactions in plant development

Plant Cell

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-63

  Schaller, G Eric ^a   Bishopp, Anthony ^b   Kieber, Joseph J ^c  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKININ; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MERISTEM; METABOLISM;

CYTOKININS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MERISTEM; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS;

EID: 84923035763     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.133595     Document Type: Article

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