Strigolactone versus gibberellin signaling: reemerging concepts?

Planta

Volumn 243, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1339-1350

  Wallner, Eva Sophie ^a   López Salmerón, Vadir ^a   Greb, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

D53 SMXL; Hormonal signaling; Long distance communication; SCF complex

Indexed keywords

GIBBERELLIN; LACTONE; PHYTOHORMONE;

CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL COMMUNICATION; GIBBERELLINS; LACTONES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84959135289     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-016-2478-6     Document Type: Review

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