Regulation of plant stress response by dehydration responsive element binding (DREB) transcription factors

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 54, 2010, Pages 9255-9269

  Zhou, Mei Liang ^a,d   Ma, Jiang Tao ^a   Pang, Jun Feng ^a,b   Zhang, Zhan Lu ^c   Tang, Yi Xiong ^a   Wu, Yan Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INNER MONGOLIA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shenzhen Ziyuan Consult Ltd   (China)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Biotic stress; DREB transcription factor; Environmental stress; Signaling pathway; Transgenic crop

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; DEHYDRATION RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; ETHYLENE; GIBBERELLIC ACID; JASMONIC ACID; PHYTOHORMONE; SALICYLIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ADAPTATION; BIOTIC STRESS; DREB GENE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; PLANT STRESS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 78651354953     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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