Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in plants during abiotic stress

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3168-3185

  Floris, Maïna ^a,b,c   Mahgoub, Hany ^a,b,c   Lanet, Elodie ^a,b,c   Robaglia, Christophe ^a,b,c   Menand, Benoît ^a,b,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Gene expression; Plants; Post transcriptional regulations

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; PHOSPHATE; TRANSFER RNA;

ABIOTIC STRESS; CYTOPLASM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STABILITY; SALT STRESS; TRANSLATION REGULATION; UNTRANSLATED REGION; UPREGULATION;

ABIOTIC STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANTS; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATIONS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 68949101233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms10073168     Document Type: Review

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