The role of the CBL–CIPK calcium signalling network in regulating ion transport in response to abiotic stress

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-12

  Thoday Kennedy, Emily Laurina ^a   Jacobs, Andrew Keith ^a,b   Roy, Stuart John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Calcineurin B like protein; Calcium signalling; CBL interacting protein kinase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939973949     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-015-0034-1     Document Type: Article

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