Engineering of enhanced glycine betaine synthesis improves drought tolerance in maize

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 477-486

  Quan, Ruidang ^a,c   Shang, Mei ^a   Zhang, Hui ^b   Zhao, Yanxiu ^b   Zhang, Juren ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Choline dehydrogenase; Drought stress; Glycine betaine; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 13444261077     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2004.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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