Polyamines: Molecules with regulatory functions in plant abiotic stress tolerance

Planta

Volumn 231, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1237-1249

  Alcázar, Rubén ^b   Altabella, Teresa ^a   Marco, Francisco ^c   Bortolotti, Cristina ^a   Reymond, Matthieu ^b   Koncz, Csaba ^b   Carrasco, Pedro ^d   Tiburcio, Antonio F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Abscisic acid; Plant tolerance; Polyamine metabolism; Signalling

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; POLYAMINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADAPTATION; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT; REVIEW;

ABSCISIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POLYAMINES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77952553210     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-010-1130-0     Document Type: Review

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