A method for rapid analysis of the root hydrotropic response in Arabidopsis thaliana

L Noriega-Calixto L1, María E Campos1, Gladys I Cassab1

  • 1Departamento de Biología Molecular de Plantas, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 2001, Col. Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, Mor., 62210, México.

Biotechniques
|January 12, 2019
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