Some key physiological and molecular processes of cold acclimation

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 603-618

  John, R ^a   Anjum, N A ^b   Sopory, S K ^c   Akram, N A ^d   Ashraf, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

cryoprotectants; gene expression; glycinebetaine; MAPK; membrane lipids; polyamines; proline; ROS; transcription factors; transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988603423     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: 15738264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-016-0648-9     Document Type: Review

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