Polyamines in plant stress response

Polyamines: A Universal Molecular Nexus for Growth, Survival, and Specialized Metabolism

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 155-168

  Berberich, Thomas ^a   Sagor, G H M ^b   Kusano, Tomonobu ^b  

^a BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold; Drought; Heat; Pathogen; Polyamine; Salinity; Stress; Temperature; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967240076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-55212-3_13     Document Type: Chapter

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