How rice Glycogen Synthase Kinase-like 5 (OsGSK5) integrates salinity stress response to source-sink adaptation: A

Maysaya Thitisaksakul1, Shaoyun Dong2, Diane M Beckles2

  • 1a Department of Biochemistry , Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University , Khon Kaen , Thailand.

Plant Signaling & Behavior
|November 14, 2017
PubMed

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