Overexpression of Arabidopsis ZEP enhances tolerance to osmotic stress

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 375, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-85

  Park, Hee Yeon ^a   Seok, Hye Yeon ^a   Park, Bo Kyung ^a   Kim, Sun Ho ^a   Goh, Chang Hyo ^a   Lee, Byeong ha ^b   Lee, Choon Hwan ^a   Moon, Yong Hwan ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Arabidopsis thaliana; Gene expression; Osmotic stress; Stress tolerance; Zeaxanthin epoxidase

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZEAXANTHIN EPOXIDASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ATZEP GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DROUGHT; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAB18 GENE; RD29A GENE; STRESS; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WILD TYPE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT STOMATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 50949120701     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.07.128     Document Type: Article

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