Transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis of Yukon Thellungiella plants grown in cabinets and their natural habitat show phenotypic plasticity

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Guevara, David R ^a,d   Champigny, Marc J ^a   Tattersall, Ashley ^a   Dedrick, Jeff ^a   Wong, Chui E ^b,e   Li, Yong ^b   Labbe, Aurelie ^b,f   Ping, Chien Lu ^c   Wang, Yanxiang ^a   Nuin, Paulo ^a   Golding, G B ^a   McCarry, Brian E ^a   Summers, Peter S ^a   Moffatt, Barbara A ^b   Weretilnyk, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THELLUNGIELLA; THELLUNGIELLA SALSUGINEA;

NITROGEN; PROLINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BRASSICACEAE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SALINITY; SOIL;

BRASSICACEAE; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METABOLOME; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PROLINE; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTOME; YUKON TERRITORY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84866793413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-12-175     Document Type: Article

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