The plant heat stress transcription factors (HSFS): Structure, regulation, and function in response to abiotic stresses

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue FEB2016, 2016, Pages

  Guo, Meng ^a   Liu, Jin Hong ^a   Ma, Xiao ^a   Luo, De Xu ^b   Gong, Zhen Hui ^a   Lu, Ming Hui ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Huaiyin Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Jiangsu Xuhuai Region   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Heat shock proteins; Heat stress; Plant; Transcription factors; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958550769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00114     Document Type: Article

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