Enhanced germination under high-salt conditions of seeds of transgenic Arabidopsis with a bacterial gene (codA) for choline oxidase

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 357-362

  Hayashi, Hidenori ^a,b   Alia, ^b   Sakamoto, Atsushi ^b   Nonaka, Hideko ^b   Chen, Tony H H ^c   Murata, Norio ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Choline oxidase; Germination; Glycinebetaine; Salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTHROBACTER GLOBIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032219718     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02512197     Document Type: Article

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