Stress signal transduction: Components, pathways and network integration

Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3-29

  Xiong, Liming ^a   Ishitani, Manabu ^b  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

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DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4389-9_1     Document Type: Chapter

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