Hormonal control of cold stress responses in plants

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 797-810

  Eremina, Marina ^a   Rozhon, Wilfried ^a   Poppenberger, Brigitte ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Freezing tolerance; Hormones; Plant

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; AUXIN; C REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 2; C REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 3; CALMODULIN BINDING PROTEIN; CALMODULIN BINDING TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; CYTOKININ; ETHYLENE; GIBBERELLIN; ICE1 PROTEIN; ICE2 PROTEIN; JASMONIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE 2; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE 3; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE 4; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SALICYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXYLIPIN; PHYTOHORMONE;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL DIVISION; CELL ELONGATION; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD STRESS; COLD TOLERANCE; DOWN REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAVITROPISM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT STRESS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD SHOCK RESPONSE; FREEZING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

ABSCISIC ACID; ACCLIMATIZATION; COLD-SHOCK RESPONSE; CYCLOPENTANES; ETHYLENES; FREEZING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; OXYLIPINS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; SALICYLIC ACID;

EID: 84957428008     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-015-2089-6     Document Type: Review

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