Genetic analysis reveals a complex regulatory network modulating CBF gene expression and Arabidopsis response to abiotic stress

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 293-304

  Novillo, Fernando ^a   Medina, Joaquín ^b   Rodríguez Franco, Marta ^c   Neuhaus, Gunther ^c   Salinas, Julio ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b ETSI MontesTechnical University of Madrid   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Arabidopsis mutants; CBFs; cold acclimation; dehydration; freezing tolerance; low temperature; salt stress; signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENES, PLANT; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84555206981     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err279     Document Type: Article

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