Q and A: How do plants respond to cytokinins and what is their importance?

BMC Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Osugi, Asami ^a   Sakakibara, Hitoshi ^a,b  

^a Elements Chemistry Laboratory   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKININ; PHYTOHORMONE;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CYTOKININS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84948753020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-015-0214-5     Document Type: Article

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