Auxin response factors

Plant Cell and Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1014-1028

  Chandler, John William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auxin; Protein protein interactions; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHROMOSOME; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN;

CHROMATIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLANT PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

CHROMATIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; PLANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84958087399     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12662     Document Type: Review

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