Diverse role of γ-aminobutyric acid in dynamic plant cell responses

Maryam Seifikalhor1, Sasan Aliniaeifard2, Seyedeh Batool Hassani3, Vahid Niknam1, Oksana Lastochkina4
1Department of Plant Biology, Center of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms in Iran, School of Biology, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2Department of Horticulture, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
4Bashkir Research Institute of Agriculture, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Russia

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