Transgenic plants expressing foreign genes as a model for studying plant stress responses and a source for resistant plant forms

Russian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 327-336

  Piruzian, E S ^a   Kobets, N S ^a   Mett, V L ^a   Serebriiskaya, T S ^a   Neumyvakin, L V ^a   Alizade, Kh ^a   Lenets, A A ^a   Simonova, M L ^a   Shevelukha, V S ^a   Goldenkova, I V ^a  

^a VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bacterial genes; Defense mechanisms; Stress response; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034341122     PISSN: 10214437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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