Ectopic overexpression of tomato JERF3 in tobacco activates downstream gene expression and enhances salt tolerance

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-192

  Wang, Hui ^a   Huang, Zejun ^a   Chen, Qi ^a   Zhang, Zhijin ^a   Zhang, Hongbo ^a   Wu, Yanming ^a   Huang, Dafang ^a   Huang, Rongfeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

DRE; ERF proteins; GCC box; JERF3; PR gene expression; Salt tolerance

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; ETHYLENE; OSMOSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALTS; STRESSES;

ABIOTIC STRESSES; GCC BOX; JASMONATE AND ETHYLENE-REPSONSIVE FACTOR 3 (JERF3); SIGNALING PATHWAYS;

GENES;

ABSCISIC ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; JASMONIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PLANT RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; COLD; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ABSCISIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; COLD; CYCLOPENTANES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOBACCO; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

DEHYDRATION; ETHYLENE; GENES; INORGANIC SALTS; OSMOSIS; STRESSES; TOBACCO; TOMATOES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 12544249634     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-0113-6     Document Type: Article

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