Expression of the Vitreoscilla hemoglobin (VHb)-encoding gene in transgenic white poplar: Plant growth and biomass production, biochemical characterization and cell survival under submergence, oxidative and nitrosative stress conditions

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-216

  Zelasco, S ^a   Reggi, S ^b   Calligari, P ^a   Balestrazzi, A ^c   Bongiorni, C ^d   Quattrini, E ^e   Delia, G ^a   Bisoffi, S ^a   Fogher, C ^d   Confalonieri, M ^f  

^a I 15033 Casale Monferrato Italy   (Italy)

^b Plantechno Srl   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flooding; Hemoglobin; Nitrosative stress; Oxidative stress; Populus; Transgenic; Vitreoscilla

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ECOLOGY; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); FLOODS; GENE ENCODING; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOGLOBIN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SIGNAL ENCODING;

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; FLOODINGS; HAEMOGLOBINS; NITROSATIVE STRESS; POPULUS; TRANSGENIC LINES; TRANSGENICS; VITREOSCILLA; VITREOSCILLA HEMOGLOBIN; WILD-TYPE PLANTS;

CELL CULTURE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; POPULUS; POPULUS ALBA; VITREOSCILLA;

EID: 33646478014     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-005-5295-3     Document Type: Article

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