Isolation and expression of a cold-responsive gene PtCBF in Poncirus trifoliata and isolation of citrus CBF promoters

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 484-492

  He, L G ^a   Wang, H L ^a   Liu, D C ^a   Zhao, Y J ^a   Xu, M ^b   Zhu, M ^a   Wei, G Q ^a   Sun, Z H ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

abscisic acid; Citrus grandis; Citrus jambhiri; Citrus sinensis; low temperature; trifoliate orange

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS JAMBHIRI; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS MAXIMA; CITRUS SINENSIS; PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATA;

EID: 84862825772     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-012-0059-5     Document Type: Article

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