Regulation of stomatal density by the GTL1 transcription factor for improving water use efficiency

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1069-1071

  Yoo, Chan Yul ^a   Hasegawa, Paul M ^a   Mickelbart, Michael V ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; GTL1; SDD1; Stomatal density; Transcription factor; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; SDD1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WATER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT STOMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; PLANT STOMATA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 79960010006     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.7.15254     Document Type: Article

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