Involvement of plant C2H2-type zinc finger transcription factors in stress responses

Plant Science

Volumn 185-186, Issue , 2012, Pages 78-85

  Kiełbowicz Matuk, Agnieszka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

C2H2 zinc finger proteins; Stress response networks; Stress tolerance; Transcription factors; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 84856675753     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.11.015     Document Type: Review

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