The heat-shock protein/chaperone network and multiple stress resistance

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 405-414

  Jacob, Pierre ^a   Hirt, Heribert ^b   Bendahmane, Abdelhafid ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCES PARIS SACLAY IPS2   (France)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

crop improvement; HSF; HSPs chaperones; multistress resistance; stress acclimation

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HOT TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES;

EID: 85013647917     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12659     Document Type: Review

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