Cytokinin as a positional cue regulating lateral root spacing in Arabidopsis

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 4759-4768

  Chang, Ling ^a,b   Ramireddy, Eswarayya ^a   Schmülling, Thomas ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; cytokinin; lateral root; lateral root spacing; root branching; root system architecture.

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

CYTOKININ; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT;

ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOKININS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 84940118478     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv252     Document Type: Article

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