Bcl-xL transformed peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) exhibits paraquat tolerance

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-92

  Chu, Y ^a   Deng, X Y ^a,b   Faustinelli, P ^a   Ozias Akins, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Arachis hypogaea L.; Bcl xL; Genetic transformation; Paraquat tolerance

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

CALLUS CLUSTERS; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MICROPROJECTILE BOMBARDMENT; PARAQUAT TOLERANCE;

GENE EXPRESSION;

PARAQUAT; PROTEIN BCL X;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PEANUT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BCL-X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PARAQUAT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 36949027339     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-007-0444-2     Document Type: Article

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