Aquaporins and leaf hydraulics: Poplar sheds new light

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1963-1975

  Lopez, David ^a,b   Venisse, Jean Stéphane ^a,b   Fumanal, Boris ^a,b   Chaumont, François ^c   Guillot, Esther ^a   Daniels, Mark J ^d   Cochard, Hervé ^a,b   Julien, Jean Louis ^a,b   Gousset Dupont, Aurélie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b PIAF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Circadian regulation; Leaf hydraulic conductance (K leaf); Light; Poplar (Populus trichocarpa, Populus nigra); Promoter

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LEAF HYDRAULIC CONDUCTANCE (KLEAF); LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPLAR (POPULUS TRICHOCARPA, POPULUS NIGRA); POPULUS; PROMOTER REGION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

AQUAPORIN; CIRCADIAN REGULATION; LEAF HYDRAULIC CONDUCTANCE (KLEAF); LIGHT; POPLAR (POPULUS TRICHOCARPA, POPULUS NIGRA); PROMOTER;

AQUAPORINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; POPULUS;

EID: 84890462577     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct135     Document Type: Article

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