Sugar signalling and gene expression in relation to carbohydrate metabolism under abiotic stresses in plants

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 761-776

  Gupta, Anil K ^a   Kaur, Narinder ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stresses; Carbohydrate metabolism; Gene expression; Sugar sensing; Sugar signalling

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; FRUCTAN; FRUCTOKINASE; HEXOKINASE; MANNITOL; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN); RAFFINOSE; SUCROSE; SUCROSE SYNTHASE; SUGAR; TREHALOSE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT STRESS; PROTON TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SCREENING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DEHYDRATION; ENVIRONMENT; FRUCTANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RAFFINOSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUGAR ALCOHOLS; TREHALOSE;

EID: 33645027878     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02703574     Document Type: Review

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