Genetic engineering of drought resistant potato plants by introduction of the trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (TPS1) gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 263-268

  Yeo, Eun Taeg ^a,b   Kwon, Hawk Bin ^c   Han, Sang Eun ^a   Lee, Joon Tak ^b   Ryu, Jin Chang ^a   Byun, Myung Ok ^a  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c SunMoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Drought Tolerance; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Transgenic Potato Plant; Trehalose; Trehalose 6 phosphate Synthase

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT DNA; TREHALOSE 6 PHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE; TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; WATER;

ARTICLE; DISASTER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTATO; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

DNA, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; NATURAL DISASTERS; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; WATER;

EID: 0034733234     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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