Heterologous expression of two Medicago truncatula putative ERF transcription factor genes, WXP1 and WXP2, in Arabidopsis led to increased leaf wax accumulation and improved drought tolerance, but differential response in freezing tolerance

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-278

  Zhang, Ji Yi ^a   Broeckling, Corey D ^a,b   Sumner, Lloyd W ^a   Wang, Zeng Yu ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Freezing tolerance; Medicago truncatula; Transcription factor; Transgenic plant; Wax accumulation

Indexed keywords

BIOLEACHING; CHLOROPHYLL; DROUGHT; FREEZING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DROUGHT TOLERANCE; FREEZING TOLERANCE; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSGENIC PLANTS; WAX ACCUMULATION;

GENE EXPRESSION;

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER; WAX;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; CHEMISTRY; FREEZING; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARABIDOPSIS; FREEZING; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WATER; WAXES;

CHLOROPHYLLS; DROUGHT; FREEZING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LEACHING; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 34247506198     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-007-9150-2     Document Type: Article

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