Stress responsive DEAD-box helicases: A new pathway to engineer plant stress tolerance

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 150-160

  Vashisht, Ajay Amar ^a   Tuteja, Narendra ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

ABA; Abiotic stress; Biotic stress; Cold shock proteins; DEAD box protein; DNA helicase; Plant helicases; Ribosome; RNA helicase; Signal transduction; Stress tolerance; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

DEAD BOX PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HELICASE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; RNA HELICASE;

BIOGENESIS; COLD; CROP PRODUCTION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC DAMAGE; GROWTH INHIBITION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT STRESS; PLANT YIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME; SALINITY; SHORT SURVEY; STRESS; SUNLIGHT; SURVIVAL RATE; TOBACCO; TRANSLATION INITIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UPREGULATION;

DNA HELICASES; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; RNA HELICASES;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 33745699890     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2006.02.010     Document Type: Short Survey

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