Wheat LEA genes, PMA80 and PMA1959, enhance dehydration tolerance of transgenic rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 71-82

  Cheng, Zaiquan ^a,b   Targolli, Jayaprakash ^a,b   Huang, Xingqi ^a,b   Wu, Ray ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Molecular Biology Laboratory   (China)

Author keywords

Dehydration tolerance; Transgenic rice; Wheat LEA genes

Indexed keywords

GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

DEHYDRATION TOLERANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; LEA GENES; MAJOR FACTORS; RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.); SALT STRESSS; TRANSGENEIC PLANTS; TRANSGENIC RICE; TRANSGENIC RICE PLANTS; WHEAT LEA GENE;

DEHYDRATION;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; ORYZA SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0036380564     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020329401191     Document Type: Article

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