Overexpression of a plasma membrane aquaporin in transgenic tobacco improves plant vigor under favorable growth conditions but not under drought or salt stress

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 439-447

  Aharon, Refael ^a   Shahak, Yosepha ^b   Wininger, Smadar ^b   Bendov, Rozalina ^b   Kapulnik, Yoram ^b   Galili, Gad ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALTS;

AQUAPORINS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0242432461     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.009225     Document Type: Article

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