Improved tolerance to salinity and low temperature in transgenic tobacco producing glycine betaine

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 51, Issue 343, 2000, Pages 177-185

  Holmström, Kjell Ove ^c   Somersalo, Susanne ^b   Mandal, Abul ^c   Palva, Tapio E ^d   Welin, Björn ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

BADH; CDH; Cold stress; Photoinhibition; Recovery; Salt stress; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BETAINE; BETAINE ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHOLINE DEHYDROGENASE; COLD TOLERANCE; ENZYMIC CONVERSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; OXIDATION; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALT TOLERANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0033976261     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jexbot/51.343.177     Document Type: Article

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