The wheat wcs120 gene family. A useful model to understand the molecular genetics of freezing tolerance in cereals

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 439-445

  Sarhan, Fathey ^a   Ouellet, François ^a   Vazquez Tello, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromosome mapping; Cold acclimation; Cryoprotection; Dehydrins; Desiccation; Freezing tolerance; Low temperature regulation; Poaceae; Transcriptional repressors; Triticeae; Triticum aestivum; Vernalization; wcs120; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030766896     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1010226.x     Document Type: Article

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