Expression of the Nicotiana protein kinase (NPK1) enhanced drought tolerance in transgenic maize

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 399, 2004, Pages 1013-1019

  Shou, Huixia ^a,b   Bordallo, Patricia ^a   Wang, Kan ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Nicotiana protein kinase; Photosynthesis rate; Transgenic maize; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DROUGHT; FREEZING; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABIOTIC STRESSES; NON-TRANSGENIC CONTROL;

PROTEINS;

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE; NPK1 PROTEIN, NICOTIANA TABACUM; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; DISASTER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

MAP KINASE KINASE KINASES; NATURAL DISASTERS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SPERMATOPHYTA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2442582435     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh129     Document Type: Article

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