Transgenic plants with improved dehydration-stress tolerance: Progress and future prospects

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 481-495

  Cherian, S ^a   Reddy, M P ^b   Ferreira, R B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Compatible solutes; Environmental stress; Overexpression; rd29A promoter; Regulatory proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745652033     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-006-0141-y     Document Type: Article

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