A novel DREB transcription factor from Halimodendron halodendron leads to enhance drought and salt tolerance in Arabidopsis

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 74-82

  Ma, J T ^a   Yin, C C ^a   Guo, Q Q ^a,b   Zhou, M L ^a   Wang, Z L ^a   Wu, Y M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

abiotic stress; abscisic acid; auxin; cytokinin; expression pattern; gibberelic acid; transcriptional regulation; transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925481776     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: 15738264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-014-0467-9     Document Type: Article

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