Expression patterns and promoter analyses of aluminum-responsive NAC genes suggest a possible growth regulation of rice mediated by aluminum, hormones and NAC transcription factors

• Hugo Fernando Escobar-Sepúlveda ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hugo Fernando Escobar-Sepúlveda, Libia Iris Trejo-Téllez, Soledad García-Morales

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Córdoba, Manuel León, Amatlán de los Reyes, Veracruz, Mexico

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• Libia Iris Trejo-Téllez ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hugo Fernando Escobar-Sepúlveda, Libia Iris Trejo-Téllez, Soledad García-Morales

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Soil Science, Laboratory of Plant Nutrition, Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Montecillo, Montecillo, Texcoco, State of Mexico, Mexico

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• Soledad García-Morales ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Hugo Fernando Escobar-Sepúlveda, Libia Iris Trejo-Téllez, Soledad García-Morales

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Plant Biotechnology, CONACYT-Center for Research and Assistance in Technology and Design of the State of Jalisco, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico

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• Fernando Carlos Gómez-Merino

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fernandg@colpos.mx

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Colegio de Postgraduados Campus Córdoba, Manuel León, Amatlán de los Reyes, Veracruz, Mexico

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8496-2095

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