Molecular responses to dehydration and low temperature: Differences and cross-talk between two stress signaling pathways

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-223

  Shinozaki, Kazuo ^a   Yamaguchi Shinozaki, Kazuko ^b  

^a RIKEN TSUKUBA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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

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EID: 0034028259     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(00)00067-4     Document Type: Review

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