Overexpression of a stress-inducible aldehyde dehydrogenase gene from Arabidopsis thaliana in transgenic plants improves stress tolerance

Plant Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 452-464

  Sunkar, Ramanjulu ^a   Bartels, Dorothea ^a   Kirch, Hans Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Aldehyde dehydrogenase; Lipid peroxidation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; LIPIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

GENES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ARABIDOPSIS; CADMIUM; COPPER; DEHYDRATION; GERMINATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PARAQUAT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CRATEROSTIGMA PLANTAGINEUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0041762551     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01819.x     Document Type: Article

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