ABA signaling in stress-response and seed development

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 959-970

  Nakashima, Kazuo ^a   Yamaguchi Shinozaki, Kazuko ^a,b  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

ABA; Abiotic stress; Protein phosphorylation; Seed development; Signal transduction; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ABSCISIC ACID; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84878996970     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-013-1418-1     Document Type: Review

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