HVA1, a LEA gene from barley confers dehydration tolerance in transgenic rice (Oryza sativa L.) via cell membrane protection

Plant Science

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 855-862

  Babu, R Chandra ^a   Zhang, Jingxian ^b   Blum, A ^c   Ho, T H David ^d   Wu, R ^e   Nguyen, H T ^f  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell membrane protection; Dehydration tolerance; HVA1 gene; LEA protein; Osmotic adjustment; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CULTIVATION; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHT; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; STRESS ANALYSIS;

NON-TRANSGENIC (NT) PLANTS; RELATIVE WATER CONTENT (RWC);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 1542291159     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2003.11.023     Document Type: Article

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