Expression of baculovirus anti-apoptotic p35 gene in tobacco enhances tolerance to abiotic stress

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 585-589

  Wang, Zhihua ^a,b   Song, Jianhua ^a,b   Zhang, Yong ^a,b   Yang, Baoyu ^a   Chen, Shiyun ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Anti apoptotic; Baculovirus; P35 gene; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; ANTI-APOPTOTIC; BACULOVIRUS; P35 GENE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

METHANOL; OXYGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

TOBACCO;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHANOL; P35 PROTEIN, BACULOVIRUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GERMINATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGING; BACULOVIRIDAE; GERMINATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; METHANOL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TOBACCO; VIRAL PROTEINS;

AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA MNPV; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 61449111839     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-008-9879-y     Document Type: Article

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