Achievements and challenges in understanding plant abiotic stress responses and tolerance

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1569-1582

  Qin, Feng ^a   Shinozaki, Kazuo ^b   Yamaguchi Shinozaki, Kazuko ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

ABA perception; Abiotic stress; Gene expression; Signal transduction; Tolerance improvement

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ABSCISIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEOSTASIS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 80052892321     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcr106     Document Type: Review

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