The Arabidopsis GTL1 transcription factor regulates water use efficiency and drought tolerance by modulating stomatal density via transrepression of SDD1

Plant Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4128-4141

  Yoo, Chan Yul ^a   Pence, Heather E ^a   Jin, Jing Bo ^b   Miura, Kenji ^c   Gosney, Michael J ^a   Hasegawa, Paul M ^a   Mickelbart, Michael V ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 79551642243     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.078691     Document Type: Article

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