SodERF3, a novel sugarcane ethylene responsive factor (ERF), enhances salt and drought tolerance when overexpressed in tobacco plants

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 512-525

  Trujillo, L E ^a   Sotolongo, M ^a   Menendez C ^a   Ochogavia M E ^a   Coll, Y ^a   Hernandez I ^a   Borras Hidalgo O ^a   Thomma, B P H J ^b   Vera, P ^c   Hernandez L ^a  

^a CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Cuba)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Universitat Politècnica de València   (Spain)

Author keywords

ABA; Abiotic stress; EAR motif; Ethylene responsive factors; Salt and drought tolerance; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM;

HORMONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DEHYDRATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUGARCANE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DEHYDRATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SACCHARUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOBACCO;

EID: 44349124541     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcn025     Document Type: Article

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