Understanding regulatory networks and engineering for enhanced drought tolerance in plants

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-195

  Valliyodan, Babu ^a   Nguyen, Henry T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROLINE; WATER;

ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MANNITOL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROLINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WATER;

EID: 33344460036     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2006.01.019     Document Type: Review

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