Integrating circadian dynamics with physiological processes in plants

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 598-610

  Greenham, Kathleen ^a   McClung, C Robertson ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BIOTIC STRESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DYNAMICS; FLOWERING; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84941941328     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3976     Document Type: Review

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