Fine tuning of trehalose biosynthesis and hydrolysis as novel tools for the generation of abiotic stress tolerant plants

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Delorge, Ines ^a,b   Janiak, Michal ^a,b   Carpentier, Sebastien ^b   Van Dijck, Patrick ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Stomata; Trehalose; Trehalose 6 phosphate; Trehalose 6 phosphate phosphatase; Trehalose 6 phosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901026990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00147     Document Type: Review

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