NAC-MYB-based transcriptional regulation of secondary cell wall biosynthesis in land plants

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Nakano, Yoshimi ^a   Yamaguchi, Masatoshi ^b,c   Endo, Hitoshi ^a   Rejab, Nur Ardiyana ^a,d   Ohtani, Misato ^a,e  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Land plant evolution; MYB transcription factor; NAC transcription factor; Network; Secondary cell wall

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84934873423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00288     Document Type: Review

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