The arabidopsis trehalose-6-P synthase AtTPS1 gene is a regulator of glucose, abscisic acid, and stress signaling

Plant Physiology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 3649-3659

  Avonce, Nelson ^a   Leyman, Barbara ^c   Mascorro Gallardo, José O ^d   Van Dijck, Patrick ^c   Thevelein, Johan M ^c   Iturriaga, Gabriel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; INORGANIC ACIDS; MORPHOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SIGNALING;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC SEEDLINGS; TREHALOSE;

ENZYMES;

ANATOMY; DEHYDRATION; ENZYMES; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ABSCISIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHYTOHORMONE; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE; TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS; DEHYDRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 16544368582     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.052084     Document Type: Article

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