Gene expression profiling of plants under salt stress

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 435-458

  Jamil, A ^a   Riaz, S ^a   Ashraf, M ^a,b   Foolad, M R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress tolerance; Cross talks; EST libraries; Gene expression; Microarray; Salt tolerance; Transcription factors; Transcriptomes

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; HORDEUM;

EID: 80052459533     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2011.605739     Document Type: Review

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