Targeting metabolic pathways for genetic engineering abiotic stress-tolerance in crops

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1819, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 186-194

  Reguera, Maria ^a   Peleg, Zvi ^a   Blumwald, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Genetic engineering crops; Stress combination; Stress tolerance; Yield

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ABIOTIC STRESS; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROP; DETOXIFICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC CROP;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84856596579     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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