Understanding desiccation tolerance using the resurrection plant Boea hygrometrica as a model system

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Mitra, Jayeeta ^a,b   Xu, Guanghui ^a   Wang, Bo ^a   Li, Meijing ^a   Deng, Xin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Boea hygrometrica; Desiccation tolerance; Gene expression regulation; Resurrection plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900547909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00446     Document Type: Review

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