Integration of Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis and Signaling

Annual Plant Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue , 2007, Pages 67-92

  Szekeres, Miklos ^a   Bishop, Gerard J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Brassinosteroid; Castasterone; Plant steroid; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948175617     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988800.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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