Abscisic acid and abiotic stress tolerance - Different tiers of regulation

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 171, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 486-496

  Mehrotra, Rajesh ^a,b   Bhalothia, Purva ^a   Bansal, Prashali ^a,c   Basantani, Mahesh Kumar ^d   Bharti, Vandana ^e   Mehrotra, Sandhya ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VINOBA BHAVE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

ABA signaling; Abiotic stress; Abscisic acid; ACGT cis element; Protein phosphatase 2C

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2C; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ABA SIGNALING; ABIOTIC STRESS; ACGT CIS ELEMENT; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABA SIGNALING; ABIOTIC STRESS; ABSCISIC ACID; ACGT CIS ELEMENT; PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2C;

ABSCISIC ACID; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84896274029     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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