The biosynthesis of auxin: how many paths truly lead to IAA?

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 275-285

  Di, Dong Wei ^a   Zhang, Caiguo ^b   Luo, Pan ^a   An, Chen Wei ^a   Guo, Guang Qin ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxin biosynthesis; IAA; IAM; IAOx; IPyA; TAM; Trp dependent (TD) pathway; Trp independent (TI) pathway

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961164403     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-015-0103-5     Document Type: Review

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