Isolation and identification of a wheat gene encoding a zinc finger protein (TaZnFP) responsive to abiotic stresses

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1597-1604

  Min, Dong Hong ^a   Zhao, Yue ^a   Huo, Dong Ying ^a   Li, Lian Cheng ^b   Chen, Ming ^b   Xu, Zhao Shi ^b   Ma, You Zhi ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; CCCH zinc finger; Transgenic plants; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84876432133     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-012-1202-9     Document Type: Article

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