Thiourea mediated regulation in the expression profile of aquaporins and its impact on water homeostasis under salinity stress in Brassica juncea roots

Plant Science

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 517-522

  Srivastava, A K ^a   Suprasanna, P ^a   Srivastava, S ^b   D'Souza, S F ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Real time PCR; ROS; Salinity stress; Thiourea; Water homeostasis

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; PIPS;

EID: 77951090566     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2010.02.015     Document Type: Article

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