Cold stress and acclimation - what is important for metabolic adjustment?

Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-405

  Janska A ^a,b   Marsik P ^c   Zelenkova S ^b   Ovesna J ^a  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cold acclimation; Crops; Metabolomics; Proteomics; Signalling; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACCLIMATION; BIOTIC FACTOR; COLD TOLERANCE; DICOTYLEDON; GENE EXPRESSION; LOW TEMPERATURE; METABOLISM; PROTEOMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SESSILE SPECIES; SIGNALING; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; COLD; CROP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 77954030171     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00299.x     Document Type: Review

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