Abscisic acid perception and signaling: Structural mechanisms and applications

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 567-584

  Ng, Ley Moy ^a   Melcher, Karsten ^b   Teh, Bin Tean ^a,c,d   Eric Xu, H ^b,e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^e VARI SIMM Center Center for Structure and Function of Drug Targets Key Laboratory of Receptor Research   (China)

Author keywords

ABA receptor; abiotic stress; abscisic acid; plant hormone

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ABIOTIC STRESS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATABOLISM; CROP; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PERCEPTION; PLANT GENETICS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84914708040     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2014.7     Document Type: Review

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