Overexpression of barley hva1 gene in creeping bentgrass for improving drought tolerance

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 467-477

  Fu, Daolin ^a,c   Huang, Bingru ^b   Xiao, Yanmei ^a,c   Muthukrishnan, Subbaratnam ^a   Liang, George H ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrostis stolonifera; Drought; hva1; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; CREEPING BENTGRASS; NON TRANSGENIC CONTROL PLANTS; TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION;

CROPS;

ABSCISIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LATE EMBRYOGENESIS ABUNDANT PROTEIN, PLANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; AGROSTIS; ARTICLE; BARLEY; DISASTER; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TIME; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ABSCISIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGROSTIS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HORDEUM; NATURAL DISASTERS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ABSCISIC ACID; BACTERIA; BARLEY; DROUGHT; GENES;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA; AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA VAR. PALUSTRIS; HORDEUM; RHIZOBIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33947498678     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-006-0258-7     Document Type: Article

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