History of Research on the Plant Hormone Ethylene

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 809-827

  Bakshi, Arkadipta ^a   Shemansky, Jennifer M ^b   Chang, Caren ^b   Binder, Brad M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Biosynthesis; Ethylene; Hormone; Illuminating gas; Mutant; Signal transduction; Triple response

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940919160     PISSN: 07217595     EISSN: 14358107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00344-015-9522-9     Document Type: Review

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