Balancing metabolites in drought: The sulfur assimilation conundrum

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-29

  Chan, Kai Xun ^a   Wirtz, Markus ^b   Phua, Su Yin ^a   Estavillo, Gonzalo M ^a   Pogson, Barry J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR;

DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SULFUR;

EID: 84871721177     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2012.07.005     Document Type: Review

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