Evaluation of the stress-inducible production of choline oxidase in transgenic rice as a strategy for producing the stress-protectant glycine betaine

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1129-1135

  Su, Jin ^a   Hirji, Rozina ^b   Zhang, Ling ^a   He, Chengkun ^a   Selvaraj, Gopalan ^b   Wu, Ray ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choline oxidase; Glycine betaine; Salt stress; Transgenic rice

Indexed keywords

GENES; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STABILIZATION; STRESS ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ABA-INDUCIBLE PROMOTER; ARTHROBACTER PASCENS CHOLINE OXIDASE (COX) GENE; CHLOROPLAST; CHOLINE OXIDASE; GLYCINE BETAINE; SALT STRESS; TARGETING SEQUENCE (TP); TRANSGENIC RICE; UBIQUITIN (UBI);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABSCISIC ACID; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETAINE; CHOLINE OXIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UBIQUITIN;

ARTHROBACTER; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPLAST; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; RICE; SOIL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ABSCISIC ACID; ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAINE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL; UBIQUITIN;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER PASCENS;

EID: 33645026376     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erj133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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