Over-expression of a Barley Aquaporin Increased the Shoot/Root Ratio and Raised Salt Sensitivity in Transgenic Rice Plants

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1378-1383

  Katsuhara, Maki ^a   Koshio, Kazuki ^a   Shibasaka, Mineo ^a   Hayashi, Yasuyuki ^b   Hayakawa, Takahiko ^b   Kasamo, Kunihiro ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Plantech Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquaporin; Barley; Salt stress; Transgenic rice; Water transport

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; MAJOR INTRINSIC PROTEIN, PLANT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BARLEY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AQUAPORINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HORDEUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0742305477     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg167     Document Type: Article

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