The trihelix family of transcription factors - light, stress and development

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 163-171

  Kaplan Levy, Ruth N ^a,b   Brewer, Philip B ^a,c   Quon, Tezz ^a   Smyth, David R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LIGHT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84858072869     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2011.12.002     Document Type: Review

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