Enhanced formation of flowers in salt-stressed Arabidopsis after genetic engineering of the synthesis of glycine betaine

Plant Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-176

  Sulpice, Ronan ^a,e   Tsukaya, Hirokazu ^a,b   Nonaka, Hideko ^a   Mustardy, Laszlo ^c   Chen, Tony H H ^d   Murata, Norio ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Glycine betaine; Reproduction; Salt stress

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SALTS; SEED; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ARABIDOPSIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BETAINE; FLOWERS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PLANT COMPONENTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0142134235     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01873.x     Document Type: Article

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