Stress-induced cytokinin synthesis increases drought tolerance through the coordinated regulation of carbon and nitrogen assimilation in rice

Plant Physiology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1609-1622

  Reguera, Maria ^a   Peleg, Zvi ^a,b   Abdel Tawab, Yasser M ^a   Tumimbang, Ellen B ^a   Delatorre, Carla A ^a,c   Blumwald, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE ISOPENTENYLTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; CARBON; CYTOKININ; NITROGEN; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN STABILITY; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; CYTOKININS; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METABOLOME; NITROGEN; ORYZA SATIVA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN STABILITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84888880591     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.227702     Document Type: Article

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