Inducible and constitutive expression of HvCBF4 in rice leads to differential gene expression and drought tolerance

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 653-663

  Lourenco T ^a   Saibo, N ^a   Batista, R ^a,b   Ricardo, C Pinto ^a   Oliveira, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

abiotic stress; chlorophyll fluorescence; microarray analysis; Oryza sativa; transcription factors; transformation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; HORDEUM; ORYZA SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80054033831     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-011-0164-x     Document Type: Article

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