Genetic engineering of salt and drought tolerance with yeast regulatory genes

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 78, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 261-269

  Serrano, Ramón ^a   Culiañz Maciá, Francisco A ^a   Moreno, Vicente ^a  

^a Universitat Politècnica de València   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Genetic engineering; HAL1; Osmotic stress; Regulatory genes; Salt stress; Transgenic plants; Trehalose; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CATION TRANSPORT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBE METABOLISM; REGULATOR GENE; SALT TOLERANCE; STRESS; SUGAR; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TREHALOSE; YEAST;

EID: 0344527922     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(98)00196-4     Document Type: Review

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