Role of ethylene and its cross talk with other signaling molecules in plant responses to heavy metal stress

Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-84

  Thao, Nguyen Phuong ^a   Khan, M Iqbal R ^b   Anh Thu, Nguyen Binh ^a   Thi Hoang, Xuan Lan ^a   Asgher, Mohd ^b   Khan, Nafees A ^b   Tran, Lam Son Phan ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c RIKEN Plant Science Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; HEAVY METAL; PHYTOHORMONE;

DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ETHYLENES; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANTS; RECEPTOR CROSS-TALK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84940912627     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00663     Document Type: Article

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