Signal transduction during aluminum-induced secretion of organic acids in plants

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 601-608

  He, H ^a,b   He, L ^b   Gu, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR NON FOOD BIOREFINERY   (China)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

abscisic acid; Al detoxification; Al tolerance mechanism; salicylic acid; signal transduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949323918     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: 15738264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-015-0537-7     Document Type: Review

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