The genetic and molecular dissection of abscisic acid biosynthesis and signal transduction in Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 83-89

  Koornneef, Maarten ^a   Léon Kloosterziel, Karen M ^a   Schwartz, Steven H ^b   Zeevaart, Jan A D ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Arabidopsis thaliana; Gibberellins; Seed dormancy; Stomatal closure; Stress responses

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH REGULATION; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; NICOTIANA PLUMBAGINIFOLIA;

EID: 0031942054     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(98)80093-4     Document Type: Review

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