Enhancement of the tolerance of Arabidopsis to high temperatures by genetic engineering of the synthesis of glycinebetaine

Plant Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-161

  Alia, ^a,b   Hayashi, Hidenori ^a,c   Sakamoto, Atsushi ^a   Murata, Norio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROBACTER; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; CHOLINE OXIDASE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GLYCINEBETAINE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PLANT GROWTH; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SYNTHESIS; VIRUS RNA; WILD RELATIVE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTHROBACTER; BETAINE; CAULIMOVIRUS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEAT; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0032191255     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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