The CBF Cold-response Pathway

Plant Abiotic Stress

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 71-99

  Fowler, Sarah ^a   Cook, Daniel ^a   Thomashow, Michael F ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis genome; CBF cold response pathway; CBF proteins; Cold acclimation; Gene fusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889630464     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988503.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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