Molecular responses to drought and cold stress

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-167

  Shinozaki, Kazuo ^a   Yamaguchi Shinozaki, Kazuko ^b  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

COLD STRESS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029961608     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(96)80007-3     Document Type: Article

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