The drought response of Theobroma cacao (cacao) and the regulation of genes involved in polyamine biosynthesis by drought and other stresses

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-188

  Bae, Hanhong ^a   Kim, Soo Hyung ^a   Kim, Moon S ^b   Sicher, Richard C ^a   Lary, David ^c   Strem, Mary D ^a   Natarajan, Savithiry ^a   Bailey, Bryan A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADC; Drought; Nep1; ODC; Phytophthora; Polyamine; SAMDC; SPDS; SPMS; Theobroma cacao; Wounding

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; SPERMINE SYNTHASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CACAO; DISASTER; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OOMYCETES; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ABSCISIC ACID; ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CACAO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NATURAL DISASTERS; OOMYCETES; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; POLYAMINES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMIDINE SYNTHASE; SPERMINE SYNTHASE;

FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA MEGAKARYA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 38949086188     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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