The MPK6-ERF6-ROS-responsive cis-acting Element7/GCC box complex modulates oxidative gene transcription and the

Pengcheng Wang1, Yanyan Du, Xiaoliang Zhao

  • 1Institute of Plant Stress Biology, State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Department of Biology, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001, China.

Plant Physiology
|January 10, 2013
PubMed

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