Glycerol-insensitive Arabidopsis mutants: gli1 seedlings lack glycerol kinase, accumulate glycerol and are more resistant to abiotic stress

Plant Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 617-625

  Eastmond, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Arabidopsis; Germination; Glycerol; Glycerol kinase

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DNA; ENZYMES; GENES; GLYCEROL; SEED;

CATABOLISM; MUTANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMITROLE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL KINASE; MANNITOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; DESICCATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT SEED;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMITROLE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DESICCATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLYCEROL; GLYCEROL KINASE; MANNITOL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 1342290760     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2003.01989.x     Document Type: Article

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