Shoot to root communication is necessary to control the expression of iron-acquisition genes in Strategy I plants

María J García1, Francisco J Romera, Minviluz G Stacey

  • 1Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology, Edificio Celestino Mutis C-4, Campus de Rabanales, University of Córdoba, 14014 Córdoba, Spain.

Planta
|September 18, 2012
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