A Mutation in the bHLH Domain of the SPCH Transcription Factor Uncovers a BR-Dependent Mechanism for Stomatal

Alberto de Marcos1, Anaxi Houbaert1, Magdalena Triviño1

  • 1Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Bioquímica, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain (A.d.M., M.T., D.D., M.M.-T., C.F., M.M.); Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium (A.H., E.R.); and Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium (A.H., E.R.).

Plant Physiology
|May 17, 2017
PubMed

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