Overexpression of heat shock protein gene PfHSP21.4 in Arabidopsis thaliana enhances heat tolerance

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1555-1564

  Zhang, Lu ^a   Zhang, Qixiang ^a   Gao, Yike ^a   Pan, Huitang ^a   Shi, Shaochuan ^a   Wang, Ye ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Heat shock protein; Heat tolerance; PfHSP21.4; Primula

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945191836     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-014-1531-y     Document Type: Article

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