Physiological and molecular insights into drought tolerance

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1-19

  Mundree, Sagadevan G ^a   Baker, Bienyameen ^a   Mowla, Shaheen ^a   Peters, Shaun ^a   Marais, Saberi ^a   Vander Willigen, Clare ^a   Govender, Kershini ^a   Maredza, Alice ^a   Muyanga, Samson ^a   Farrant, Jill M ^a   Thomson, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Drought stress; Osmoprotectants; Reactive oxygen species; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ANTIOXIDANT; BINDING PROTEIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; GALACTINOL SYNTHASE; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; PEROXIREDOXIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SYNTHETASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURE; ANGIOSPERM; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CROP; DEHYDRATION; DESICCATION; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STRESS; PLANT WATER USE; SHORT SURVEY; WATER LOSS; XEROPHYTA VISCOSA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SELAGINELLA PILIFERA; XEROPHYTA VISCOSA;

EID: 3242733729     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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