Interactions between cytokinin signalling and abiotic stress responses

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 4863-4871

  Zwack, Paul J ^a   Rashotte, Aaron M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; cytokinin; hormones; signal transduction; stress tolerance; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKININ;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CYTOKININS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84939560778     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv172     Document Type: Conference Paper

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