Multiple mechanisms control the expression of abscisic acid (ABA)-requiring genes in tomato plants exposed to soil water deficit

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 989-998

  Cohen, A ^a,b   Moses, M S ^a   Plant, A L ^a,c   Bray, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ABA; Abscisic acid; Gene expression; Post transcriptional regulation; Run on transcription; Transcriptional regulation; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032771307     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1999.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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