Ethylene response factors: A key regulatory hub in hormone and stress signaling

Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 32-41

  Müller, Maren ^a   Munné Bosch, Sergi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID; OXYLIPIN; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ABSCISIC ACID; CYCLOPENTANES; ETHYLENES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYLIPINS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84940911454     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00677     Document Type: Article

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