AtEXP2 is involved in seed germination and abiotic stress response in Arabidopsis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yan, An ^a   Wu, Minjie ^a   Yan, Limei ^a   Hu, Rui ^b   Ali, Imran ^a   Gan, Yinbo ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; ATEXP2 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELLA GENE; GAI GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REPRESSION; GERMINATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PLANT GENE; RGA GENE; RGL1 GENE; RGL2 GENE; SALT STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; WILD TYPE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SALT-TOLERANCE; SEEDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84896768998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085208     Document Type: Article

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