Overexpression of the rice Osmyb4 gene increases chilling and freezing tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-127

  Vannini, Candida ^a   Locatelli, Franca ^b   Bracale, Marcella ^a   Magnani, Enrico ^b,c   Marsoni, Milena ^a   Osnato, Michela ^b,d   Mattana, Monica ^b   Baldoni, Elena ^b   Coraggio, Immacolata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Arabidopsis thaliana; Cold tolerance; Myb transcriptional factor; Oryza sativa; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; STRESSES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COLD TOLERANCE; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

CROPS;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COLD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; RICE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0346505481     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01938.x     Document Type: Article

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