AUX1 promotes lateral root formation by facilitating indole-3-acetic acid distribution between sink and source

Alan Marchant1, Rishikesh Bhalerao, Ilda Casimiro

  • 1Plant Science Division, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.

The Plant Cell
|March 23, 2002
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