Leaf growth response to mild drought: Natural variation in arabidopsis sheds light on trait architecture

Plant Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2417-2434

  Clauw, Pieter ^a,b,c   Coppens, Frederik ^a,b   Korte, Arthur ^c,d   Herman, Dorota ^a,b   Slabbinck, Bram ^a,b   Dhondt, Stijn ^a,b   Van Daele, Twiggy ^a,b   De Milde, Liesbeth ^a,b   Vermeersch, Mattias ^a,b   Maleux, Katrien ^a,b   Maere, Steven ^a,b   Gonzalez, Nathalie ^a,b,e   Inzé, Dirk ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 84995400078     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.16.00483     Document Type: Article

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