A novel high-throughput genetic screen for stress-responsive mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana reveals new loci involving stress responses

Plant Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 652-663

  Devi, S Rama ^a   Chen, Xi ^b   Oliver, David J ^a   Xiang, Chengbin ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cross talk; Genetic screen; Mutagenesis; Signal transduction; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CROSS-TALK; GENETIC SCREEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DNA; MUTAGENESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); STRESSES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; UP-REGULATION;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; STRESSES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 33746483246     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02814.x     Document Type: Article

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