Expression of a putative alfalfa helicase increases tolerance to abiotic stress in Arabidopsis by enhancing the capacities for ROS scavenging and osmotic adjustment

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 385-394

  Luo, Yan ^a   Liu, Yu Bo ^a   Dong, Yu Xiu ^a   Gao, Xin Qi ^a   Zhang, Xian Sheng ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Arabidopsis thaliana; Helicase; Medicago sativa

Indexed keywords

ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE; HELICASE; PEROXIDASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ADAPTATION; ALFALFA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OSMOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA HELICASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOSIS; PEROXIDASES; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ALLIUM CEPA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 59249105942     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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