Transcriptional regulatory networks in cellular responses and tolerance to dehydration and cold stresses

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2006, Pages 781-803

  Yamaguchi Shinozaki, Kazuko ^a,b,d   Shinozaki, Kazuo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cis element; Gene expression; Stress tolerance; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; COLD; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; OSMOSIS; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; COLD; COLD TEMPERATURE; GENE EXPRESSION; OSMOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WATER;

EID: 33745944196     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.57.032905.105444     Document Type: Review

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