Transgenically produced glycinebetaine protects ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from inactivation in Synechococcus sp. PCC7942 under salt stress

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 425-432

  Nomura, Mika ^a   Hibino, Takashi ^b   Takabe, Teruhiro ^b   Sugiyama, Tatsuo ^a   Yokota, Akiho ^c   Miyake, Hiroshi ^a   Takabe, Tetsuko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glycinebetaine; Ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase; Salt stress; Synechococcus sp. PCC7942

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE TRANSFER; GLYCYLBETAINE; RIBULOSE 1,5 BIPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; RIBULOSE 1,5 BIPHOSPHATE OXYGENASE; SALT TOLERANCE; STRESS TOLERANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 0031924117     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029386     Document Type: Article

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