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Involvement of elevated proline accumulation in enhanced osmotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis conferred by chimeric repressor gene silencing technology

Daisuke Kazama Graduate School of Bionics; Tokyo University of Technology; Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
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Takamitsu Kurusu School of Bioscience and Biotechnology; Tokyo University of Technology; Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
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Nobutaka Mitsuda Bioproduction Research Institute; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology; Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Masaru Ohme-Takagi Bioproduction Research Institute; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology; Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; Institute for Environmental Science and Technology; Saitama University; Saitama, Japan
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Yuichi Tada School of Bioscience and Biotechnology; Tokyo University of Technology; Hachioji, Tokyo, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
Article: e28211 | Received 29 Jan 2014, Accepted 13 Feb 2014, Published online: 10 Mar 2014

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