Ectoine, the compatible solute of Halomonas elongata, confers hyperosmotic tolerance in cultured tobacco cells

Plant Physiology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1239-1247

  Nakayama, Hideki ^a   Yoshida, Kazuya ^a   Ono, Hisayo ^a   Murooka, Yoshikatsu ^b   Shinmyo, Atsuhiko ^b  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ECTA GENE; ECTB GENE; ECTC GENE; ECTOINE; GENE TRANSFER; HYPEROSMOTIC TOLERANCE; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANT GROWTH; PROMOTER REGION; STRESS TOLERANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD RELATIVE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; HALOMONAS ELONGATA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0033998715     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.122.4.1239     Document Type: Article

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