Preliminary Functional Analysis of the Isoforms of OsHsfA2a (Oryza sativa L.) Generated by Alternative Splicing

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-46

  Wang, Hongtian ^a   Bian, Mingdi ^a   Yang, Zhenming ^a   Lin, Chentao ^a,b   Shi, Wuliang ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Alternative splicing; Heat shock; Isoform; OsHsfA2a

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; ORYZA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84872173171     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-012-0471-1     Document Type: Article

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