Learning from evolution: Thellungiella generates new knowledge on essential and critical components of abiotic stress tolerance in plants

Molecular Plant

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-12

  Amtmann, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abiotic environmental stress; Adaptation evolutionary; Brassica; Comparative genomics; Gene expression; Ion channels

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICA; HALOPHILA; THELLUNGIELLA; THELLUNGIELLA SALSUGINEA;

EID: 67849083153     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssn094     Document Type: Review

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