Analysis of cell wall-related genes in organs of Medicago sativa L. Under different abiotic stresses

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 16104-16124

  Behr, Marc ^a,b   Legay, Sylvain ^a   Hausman, Jean Francois ^a   Guerriero, Gea ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Abiotic stresses; Cell wall; Cellulose synthases; Dirigent proteins; Gene expression; Peroxidases

Indexed keywords

LIGNAN; PATULIN; PEROXIDASE; PLANT PROTEIN;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; CELL WALL; COLD STRESS; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT STRESS; LIGNIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SALT STRESS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; TEMPERATURE;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PEROXIDASE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84937232499     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms160716104     Document Type: Article

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