Trehalose and its applications in plant biotechnology

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 167-177

  Almeida, André M ^a   Cardoso, Luís A ^b   Santos, Dulce M ^a   Torné, José M ^d   Fevereiro, Pedro S ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress tolerance; Carbohydrate metabolism; Genetic engineering; Trehalose metabolism; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34249877432     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-006-9024-3     Document Type: Review

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