Stress signaling I: The role of abscisic acid (ABA)

Abiotic Stress Adaptation in Plants: Physiological, Molecular and Genomic Foundation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 33-73

  Rock, Christopher D ^a   Sakata, Yoichi ^b   Quatrano, Ralph S ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid metabolism; gene expression; hormone receptors; seed development; signal transduction; stomatal response; stress adaptation; systems biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959867146     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3112-9_3     Document Type: Chapter

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