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Growth attenuation under saline stress is mediated by the heterotrimeric G protein complex.
BMC plant biology - 12 May 2014
Colaneri Alejandro C, Tunc-Ozdemir Meral, Huang Jian Ping, Jones Alan M
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BACKGROUND: Plant growth is plastic, able to rapidly adjust to fluctuation in environmental conditions such as drought and salinity. Due to long-term irrigation use in agricultural systems, soil salinity is increasing; consequently crop yield is adversely affected. It is known that salt tolerance is a quantitative trait supported by genes affecting ion homeostasis, ion transport, ion compartmentalization and ion...
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